| 单词 | vacillation |
| 例句 | But she was not there to be entertained with the vacillations of a minor Victorian esthete. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z As its title may suggest, the novel is driven less by linear plot than by continual, volatile vacillations in Billy and Alice's soul connection. 'Three Delays': A blissfully wayward tale of impossible love, South Florida version 2010-06-09T23:48:00Z A subplot concerns Bridget’s vacillation over what Shakespeare soliloquy to perform for a school acting audition. Review: In ‘Linda,’ the Lures and Snares of Leaning In 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z I think that a part of what this show is, is about the vacillation. Terence Nance on “Random Acts of Flyness”: How HBO’s most daring show gets made 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The enchantments of this couple’s embellishments were endearing, with wonderful vacillations as Ms. Sottile twisted and turned to Mr. Garcia’s right and to his left. An Emissary From the Golden Age of Tango 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z She has a partner, Johannes, who is patient with her vacillations, though he does not share them. “Sight” and The Pleasures of Overthinking Motherhood 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z But despite some Spanish inflections, vacillation is about all it expresses. Ballet Hispanico’s Take on ‘Carmen’ in ‘Carmen.maquia’ 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z At the end, we see her doubled up and weeping, but the emotion governing the pair for most of their dance is vacillation. A Rousing “Carousel” for Singers and Dancers 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z After four acts of brooding vacillation, he is finally able to accomplish what he must. Women Set London’s Stages Ablaze 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z For once, I was able to follow Hamlet all the way through his long journey of vacillations and convolutions of character. Theater Talkback: Just When You Think You Know Somebody . . . 2010-09-01T21:24:00Z And as written by Mr. LaBute, and portrayed with wonderfully cloudy spontaneity by Mr. Hamilton, Greg turns every decision into a murky maze of vacillation. Theater Review: ‘Reasons to Be Happy,’ by Neil LaBute 2013-06-12T02:00:12Z Mr. Branagh delivers the early monologues of vacillation, as Macbeth contemplates regicide, with the briskness of a military mind that must clear itself of obstacles. A Fast and Furious ‘Macbeth’ at Park Avenue Armory 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Doesn't this also help us to explain the curious vacillations around the sense of identity in manic depression? Bipolar memoirs: What have I done? 2013-04-26T06:30:11Z Most of us, I imagine, have experienced something like the frenzied vacillations of the two-timing husband who sings, “I’ve got those ‘God-why-don’t-you-love-me-oh-you-do-I’ll-see-you-later Blues.’” Stephen Sondheim, the Man Who Felt Too Much 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z He’s both pathetic and heroic in his vacillation, rather like a certain prince of Denmark. ‘King Charles III’ and ‘The Ruling Class’ in London 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z His dialogue is fueled by vacillation, equivocation and contradiction, with sentences that seem to eat their own words. Review: Chris Evans and Michael Cera Tell Lies to Live by in ‘Lobby Hero’ 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z But other than that speech, Hamlet’s soliloquies are gone, almost entirely, and with them his endless, endlessly fascinating vacillation between action and its opposite. ‘Hamlet,’ a New Opera, Makes Shakespeare Strange 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z The show has few nude images but emphasizes such complicated matters as the fleeting duration of innocence, the childhood vacillation between dependence and independence, and the recurrent fears of danger that haunt parenthood. Sally Mann’s Haunted South 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Demetriou’s vacillation between annoyed den mother and over-the-top temptress provides a wonderful balance to Berry’s consistently melodramatic Lazlo, who takes bestial form by bellowing out, “baaaaAAAAT” even though this is obviously a highly unnecessary flourish.. Smart Watch: "What We Do In the Shadows" is a comedy with bite 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Here we meet the skilled raconteur whose tales promote vacillation, and whose humor disguises costly indecision and delay. Lincoln Served Six Ways: Reframing a President 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z “There’s this vacillation between the individual and the group,” George added. A Performance Piece That Pairs Painted Waves Alongside Real Ones 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The simplest decisions—what to wear, what to eat—would inspire hours of semi-theatrical vacillation. The Madness of Queen Jane 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Process — unstable, imperfect — is the true movement of the universe, a vacillation between zenith and nadir rather than a steep line of gradations leading toward eventual perfection. Mark de Silva talks about his novel 'Square Wave,' a paean to process 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z If the libretto mutes some of the prince of Denmark’s turbulent vacillation, the music restores it. The ‘Hamlet’ Chord: A Composer’s Music of Indecision 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z Those in the balcony, however, were unfamiliar with James, and by the third act were fed up with Guy’s vacillations, and disgusted when he chose life in a monastery over the widow. The Literati: Henry James’s Final Curtain Call 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Even as Germany was expanding its territories against a backdrop of international vacillation, it was forming political alliances. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The vice president had a reputation for being President Nixon’s attack dog and skewering political opponents as “nattering nabobs of negativism,” “vicars of vacillation” and “pusillanimous pussyfooters.” Unlike in Trump case, Secret Service kept this one secret 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Once I decided to quit, I acted, with no endless vacillation. You’re an Anxious Person and Want to Quit Your Job. Here’s What to Do. 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Perhaps Russian President Vladimir Putin, in deciding to launch the invasion, thought Biden’s age meant his response would be one of weakness or vacillation. Opinion | Biden’s Kyiv visit shows Putin seriously misjudged his courage 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The opening crawl informs us that Argentina had suffered vacillations between democratic governments and military coups for 50 years before the story begins. Review: Ordinary people struggle for extraordinary justice in 'Argentina, 1985' 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Economists now blame that vacillation for how ingrained inflation became, and how much pain the central bank had to inflict in the 1980s to finally wrestle price increases under control. The Fed’s favorite inflation gauge cooled in July. 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z He quit the leadership of the party in July 2019 after months of vacillation but remains a hugely influential figure within the Congress, a fact that Azad said had stalled any significant internal reforms. Veteran of India's Congress quits with broadside against Gandhi scion 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Finally convinced that the Union was doomed, Davis and his friends grimly foresaw that Republican victory could inspire southern voters to demand secession, while the election of Douglas could lead to more vacillation. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z But Kim said his self-defence force "can not be bartered nor be bought with anything" and will be held firm without the slightest vacillation despite harsh trials and difficulties. Kim says N.Korea will keep developing 'formidable striking capabilities' - KCNA 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z He’s attuned to his characters’ vacillations between boredom and frustration, and also the discomfort of aching bones, hungry bellies and unwashed bodies. Review: In the brilliant Romanian drama ‘Întregalde,’ no good deed goes unexamined 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Clyburn and other lawmakers say they struggle to explain the vacillations of congressional wrangling to their voters, who expected that by electing Democrats to the majority, they would be able to pass their agenda. Democrats struggle to energize their base as frustrations mount 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z This was a standard GOP talking point, but Duncan understood how such vacillation gave oxygen to President Donald Trump’s efforts to steal the election. Opinion | Georgia’s GOP lieutenant governor conducts the 2020 autopsy his party won’t 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The administration’s willingness to adapt, they add, reflects integrity, not vacillation. Biden’s shift on masking creates new political difficulties, policy challenges 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z My time there was marked by vacillations of indignant rage and reluctant patience, but most of all, fear for the health of people I love very much. Column: I wish I could be angry with the unvaccinated. Being Black makes that complicated 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z I worry more about his incompetence and vacillation than I do about any dictatorial tendencies. Opinion | I never considered voting for Trump in 2016. I may be forced to vote for him this year. 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z They include his stunning disregard for science, his undeniable compulsion to spread misinformation, his complete refusal to take responsibility for anything negative, his thoroughgoing contempt for government, and his abrupt vacillations in policy. From here to dystopia 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Trump’s vacillation between the need to clamp down on the virus and his desire to open up the economy is somewhat symbolic of the broader divides on the right. Column: Coronavirus has turned Republican politics upside down. Will that last? 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Trump and his acolytes propose to sacrifice them to save a mythical economy measured in the short-term vacillations of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Column: Amazingly, politicians are debating which matters more -- your health or the stock market 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z As the ideological lines became drawn more vividly, Harris was stuck in a vacuum of vacillation. Editorial Roundup: US 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The United Nations devoted a weekend to climate vacillations that excluded global warming deniers like President Donald Trump. How leaders planned to avert climate catastrophe at the UN (while Trump hung out in the basement) 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z His shifting views on China were striking, though it is unclear what the vacillations will signify. Trump says he wishes he’d raised tariffs even higher on China as trade war escalates 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Given Mr. Trump’s vacillations on many issues, “would such a threat be credible to Xi?” said Susan L. Shirk, the chair of the University of California at San Diego’s 21st Century China Center. To Gain Leverage in China Trade Talks, Trump Shows Solidarity With Hong Kong 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z By the time de Blasio endorsed Clinton, his former boss, after months of public vacillation, he had antagonized her campaign enough to dampen any enthusiasm for his help. How Bill de Blasio Went From Progressive Hope to Punching Bag 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z It would not be the first time that Mr. Trump’s vacillation resulted in inaction. Past Flip-Flops Cloud Trump’s Position on Background Checks 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Harris’s vacillations seem indicative of the risks for candidates who are looking to match Sanders’s clarity of rhetoric, without a full commitment to substance. The Democratic Divide on the Future of Health Care 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z In talks, Gell-Mann liked to dwell, not on the triumphs of himself and others, but on the confusions, mistakes and vacillations that blocked their way. Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019) 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Not that he would have stood up well against Ike anyway, Stevenson’s vacillation added to the perception that he was a weenie. Biden tries to go green 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Some viewers might find Chambers’ hesitations and vacillations frustrating. Netflix’s horror series Chambers follows in Get Out’s footsteps 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z But the vacillations were not yet over: The next day, recognizing this moment of weakness, the prime minister’s critics in the Conservative Party triggered a vote of no confidence in her leadership. Opinion | Brexit: The Most Boring Important Story in the World 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z In the meantime, the vacillations prompt the stock market to drop by nearly 800 points in a single day as a reflection of what happens in times of economic uncertainty. A cabinet of toadies: Pompeo and Mattis just parrot whatever nonsense Trump’s gut believes 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Mr Trump’s vacillation is likely to have given Mr Moon even more pause for thought about the durability of any deal that may be reached between Mr Trump and Mr Kim. Detente between America and North Korea seems back on track 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Trump’s aides said his vacillation was a function of the controlled chaos the president likes to sow. ‘Pure madness’: Dark days inside the White House as Trump shocks and rages 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Changes in college staffs have created intrigue, indecision and vacillation on both sides for many players from the high school class of 2018. Palisades' Baraka Beckett looks to make the most of scholarship offer from UCLA 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The result is well-earned gridlock, empowered by vacillation and name-calling from the White House, where President Trump fiddles while Rome burns. Opinion | Blame, dysfunction and the government shutdown 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The president's vacillation seems to extend to his administration. Trump's shifting stance on DACA deal vexed both parties as lawmakers sought to resolve shutdown crisis – LA Times 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z But after months of uncertainty and public vacillation by Kremlin leaders about cooperating on such a project, the move... Russia Agrees to Cooperate with NASA’s Deep Space Gateway Program 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Just as delighted is New York’s governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, who set the bridge project in motion after more than a decade of official vacillation over whether money should be spent on repairs or replacement. A Few Months Before Its Official Opening, Tappan Zee Bridge Is Drivable 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Trump had criticised Obama for vacillation and weakness. ‘It had a big impact on me’ – story behind Trump’s whirlwind missile response 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z This is partly a result of vacillations over Syria. Turkey in grip of fear as Erdoğan steps up post-terror attack crackdown 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z PASADENA, Calif. — In mid-August, after prolonged vacillation, Southern California Coach Clay Helton declared the junior Max Browne his starting quarterback. With Late Interception, U.S.C. Rallies Past Penn State in Rose Bowl 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z To many of Obama’s Republican critics, the argument sounds like an excuse for vacillation and inaction. Obama defends national security record and urges Trump to avoid 'overreach' 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Some in the president’s own party appear committed to tipping the scales against her, after days of vacillation. This could be the week that ends Park Geun-hye's presidency in South Korea 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z And that vacillation between the silly and serious is precisely what Lee had envisioned for Emojicon. What It's Like Inside the World's First Emoji Convention 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z This titular drift signals the Committee’s unprincipled vacillation in charge. The House science committee hates science and should be disbanded 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z At the playground, other nannies fielded texts from their bosses: they had to report what their alagas had eaten, the contents of their diapers, the timing of their naps, subtle vacillations in their moods. Mother for Hire 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Some analysts argue that the U.S. vacillation set the stage for a dangerous diplomatic flare-up several days later between Saudi Arabia, a longtime U.S. ally, and Iran, which remains deeply hostile to Washington. Iran is on track to meet its nuclear deadline, but skeptics abound 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z They joined forces to stave off Hitler, who rose to power in a Europe weakened by prolonged war, political vacillation, and economic uncertainty. Forming a Real Partnership Against ISIS 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Crispin Blunt, the MP for Reigate near Gatwick, said the delay until next summer was "disgraceful vacillation" and an act of "political cowardice". Delay over airport expansion 'pathetic' says Tory MP - BBC News 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z In the end, despite his inconsistencies and vacillations, I believe that Obama will keep the U.S. intervention in Syria small and limited. The dangers of Obama’s incrementalism 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z I thought the issue was a metaphor for her vacillation.” Eliot Spitzer Sharply Criticizes Hillary Clinton on 2007 Immigration Stance 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The mayor’s vacillation puzzled senior aides, some of whom rolled their eyes when the topic of the non-endorsement came up, and frustrated some of his allies. As Allies Tap Their Feet, de Blasio Moves Toward Endorsing Clinton 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Bafflement at Germany’s vacillations is hardly confined to Budapest. Point taken, Mr Orban 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z These wild vacillations only spur congressional concern over the direction of the negotiations. Obama needs to walk away from an awful deal with Iran 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The great lesson of history is strength and resolve bring peace and order, and weakness and vacillation invite chaos and conflict. Transcript: Read Full Text of Rick Perry's Campaign Launch 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z The Snowden revelations began a process of classic Obama vacillation, bringing him from public defender of domestic mass surveillance to its reluctant and partial critic. Barack Obama and surveillance reform: a story of vacillation, caution and fear 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z “Such vacillation clearly signals a lack of a coherent policy. Erdogan’s angry remarks against Iran suggest that he is merely reacting impulsively at the spur of the moment without any forethought,” Umar said. Turkey Reluctantly Welcomes Iran Deal 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z It's been on high rotation this fall-winter season, and its inclusion here proves that the famed Israeli designer has a nose for fashion's vacillations. Salma Hayek leads Saint Laurent menswear finale 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s been on high rotation this fall-winter season, and its inclusion here proves that the famed Israeli designer has a nose for fashion’s vacillations. Salma Hayek leads Saint Laurent menswear finale 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z Without further vacillations, its effect will stay in the numbers for a year and then abruptly disappear. Low and still lower 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Adrian ascribes the vacillation on the fact that the 70% of companies that have invested in big data have only done so with pilots, with only 12% of companies using big data in production environments. Why Is Everyone Beating Up On Hadoop? 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Here in Colorado, Hickenlooper faces a backlash over new gun laws, his decision to grant a limited reprieve to a death row inmate and a reputation for vacillation. Midterm election rides wave of anger at incumbents 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z This has not been improved by what many of Washington's Arab allies see as Mr Obama's vacillation and unwillingness to act decisively. How will Obama's anti-IS coalition work? 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z That will be well received in a number of Middle Eastern capitals where US vacillation - especially the collective failure of the Obama administration and Congress to act over Syria - greatly damaged America's standing. Will Obama's anti-IS strategy work? 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Through the awful vacillations and gratuitous heartbreak, victims stacked up left and right. Intolerable Cruelty at the Wyndham 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Hawks on the right of Mr Netanyahu’s ruling coalition are already accusing him of vacillation. Will the ceasefire hold? 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z In those years of vacillation, I learned to live in the moment, responsible for my own happiness. Like Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, My Husband and I Consciously Recoupled 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Some commentators speculated that Mr. Cantor’s vacillation on immigration issues contributed to his electoral undoing. Immigration Is Key, Not Top, Issue in South Carolina County 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z “I believe that the vacillations of temperament will play a crucial part,” he predicted. World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No23: The 1966 World Cup 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Eastern rebels that Kiev and the West say are backed by Russian special forces benefit from political vacillation, disarray among the generals and field commanders unsure of their orders. Ukraine's security forces struggle to meet rebellion in east 2014-05-09T12:20:31Z In some senses, it’s an echo of the vacillation that occurs within the church as a whole. Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl is a power player under Pope Francis 2014-04-28T17:47:50Z The rebels' fate is perilously hostage to the vacillations of Western policies and the vagaries of regional politics, such as the current row between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Analysis: Why Assad can have confidence in his survival 2014-04-14T14:56:48Z The U.S. has lost a great deal of stature because of Bush’s Iraq invasion and Obama’s vacillations. Bashar Assad, The Lethal Tyrant 2013-12-11T13:05:20Z After this monumental failure of policy Chamberlain's name became an abusive synonym for vacillation, weakness, immoral great power diplomacy and, above all, the craven appeasement of bullies - whatever the price in national honour. Was Neville Chamberlain really a weak and terrible leader? 2013-09-30T10:00:55Z Funding. The quarterly vacillations in venture funding usually create lots of fanfare, especially amongst the Chicken Little’s of the sector, but the aggregate annual funding numbers for the past few years are surprisingly strong. Early Stage Biotech Showing Positive Signs of Scaling Its Wall of Worry 2013-01-15T18:04:40Z But vexing as it may be, that indecision and hesitation in local negotiations is matched by similar vacillation on the international level — and may be the only option to military intervention. Mali's Crisis: Is the Plan for Western Intervention 'Crap'? 2012-12-19T08:05:23Z The hope is that the schematic vacillation will cease under Wannstedt. The Fifth Down: Buffalo Bills, 2012 N.F.L. Season Preview 2012-08-08T10:00:02Z This sort of vacillation and general repeating-the-past is part of why we stopped using Delicious to gather these links. Boot up: Android piracy explanations, Windows Phone satisfaction, Samsung v Apple and more 2012-07-24T05:30:00Z They were submerged by a great wave of vacillation. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z The vacillation of tradition and the dissimilarity of the epistle from those of Paul were brought out with great force by Erasmus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Bitter, private jealousies completed the confusion, and the vacillation of the King, who lent an ear now to one, now to another, destroyed all consistency of action. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z An estimate of this army by the New York Times shows to what pass vacillation had brought it. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z They have their vacillations of hope and fear, their moments of depression and of triumph in them; and they run a fellow-creature to earth with all the zest of a hard rider after a fox. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Her style is free from that vacillation, that timid adoption of a definite line, which always indicates a weak thinker and a total absence of system in the mind. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z But there the wisdom ended, and vacillation and doubt took the place of promptness, energy and daring. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Hutchinson set himself against the "Sons of Liberty," "his course not showing one sign vacillation from first to last, but throughout bearing the marks of clear, cold, passionless inflexibility." The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Naturally enough, a man of such a character, whose chief merits were steadfastness and honesty, was much disgusted by the vacillation, the weakness, the half-unconscious deceitfulness of his brother, the late Frederick William. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z After some vacillation the head portion turned toward the north, the body then remaining stationary. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z In music emotion can be conveyed only through the means and modes of expression that are peculiar to music, such as dynamic changes, vacillations of tempo, differences of touch and kindred devices. Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered 2012-03-22T02:00:35.350Z The faculty of 'second-sight' must have been well developed in him, for without a moment's vacillation, doubt or delay, he struck into a path which led direct to a certain wooded hill-side. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z To the last, however, we find vacillation, uncertainty, half measures, and, in large classes, a great apparent apathy. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z He was unlucky in every way; for his vacillation drew on him the repute of hypocrisy, and his whimsical excitable manners procured for him the reproach of intemperance. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Such pain is connected with the vacillations in the relations of food-assimilation to the use of accumulated energy. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Beethoven, indeed, perceived the vacillation on the stage and in the orchestra, but was not sensible that he was the principal cause of it, through his intent listening and retarding the time. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z It has been noticed how small a part C�sar plays in the drama—how little he speaks; what weakness he shows—epilepsy, deafness, arrogance, vacillation; and how soon he disappears. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z His apparent vacillation was due to a return of the inflammation in his eye. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z With all his vacillation, when Carew had made up his mind one way or the other, he acted promptly and with energy. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z One of your Colonial vacillations cost him his farm, for, though he said he was ashamed of his country, he wouldn't recognize the Boers as his rulers. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Were I you, I should be ashamed of such unmanly vacillation. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z As to prescription, there is a very characteristic vacillation in our sources. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Must he open to her eyes those hours of cowardly vacillation during which he had walked the Clifton Woods weighing I would against I dare not? Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z There was vacillation in every line of it. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z We note in them vacillation of purpose, and the power of adjusting means to ends only in its rudimentary form. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z It was tolerably evident that any sign of vacillation would bring them down upon the handful of white men whose prestige alone had hitherto secured them from molestation. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Even in the definition of its fundamental principles we see notable discrepancies and vacillations, which are the result of the conflict between logical requirements and fluctuating facts. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z Brereton replied, not masking his contempt for the vacillation of those about him. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z But a century of vacillation and indecision had ill prepared them for such a decisive step. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z On the other hand, first novelty, next discordance, vacillation, change, thirdly, sectarianism, are consequences and tokens of religious error. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z But it should be said for the late Number 813 that in his reflections was no germ of vacillation or indecision. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Everything seems in a state of vacillation and fermentation during the thirteenth century. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z A conqueror should feel no vacillation; it was his fault, for having given up his number. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z He was perfectly convinced that when once he had made up his mind to an enterprise, vacillation must be fatal. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The two clerics took each other by the arm, and proceeded on their way, not without certain vacillations, in the direction of the Caf� Marina. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Independently of the moral direction of the will, its innate strength or weakness, its steadiness or vacillation, proportionably augment or diminish the power of all the other faculties. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z Meanwhile the decisions as regards the merchants were marked by extraordinary vacillation. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z This vacillation, together with the trembling in his voice, finally irritated him. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z It is evident that she was no wise guide for her unhappy husband, whose vacillations, born of a glimmering perception of the position of a constitutional King, roused her to scorn and almost to fury. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z Behind it stood no longer the weakness and vacillation of youth, but the noble courage of a man who had been tried in the fire of affliction and not found wanting. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Like all men of moderate and mediating views, he was charged by both sides with vacillation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z There has unquestionably for some time past been a certain vacillation among the Pope's counsellors, but never for a moment did they think of giving up the whole enterprise, and confessing themselves defeated. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z To insist upon the value of "learning" in forming the mind, and then to set the example of recoiling from the knowledge which intellectual efforts bring, is, in a statesman, a mean vacillation. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z After many vacillations and contradictory cablegrams to the Government in Madrid, General Blanco now definitely asked for large reinforcements. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z The masses admit two spheres of knowledge, the most exact and the least subject to vacillation from a diversity of views,—the languages and mathematics; everything else they regard as trifles. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Indeed, James Buchanan was allotted a very difficult part in the political affairs of the day; and the censure he received for what is called his "vacillation" was somewhat unjust. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Persecution now waxed hotter than ever, as the Prophet, rising from his temporary vacillation like a giant refreshed, threw his whole force into the denunciation of idolatry. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The committee of Nieva, instigated by that of the capital, decided, after much vacillation and no few discussions, to raise a company within the territory. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z And the many blunders and vacillations marring the conduct of the War emphasised the lack of these invaluable masculine qualities in the concurrent House of Commons. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z In other respects he was a cultured and experienced minister; his courage and honesty were proof against everything; and he was as incapable of vacillation as of treachery. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Let us now inquire into the relation between the small cyclonic vacillations of the weather and the types of climatic changes known as historic pulsations and glacial fluctuations. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z At each period of vacillation—and you could not help but waver occasionally—you have been at liberty to return to surface earth again, but each time you decided wisely to continue your course. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Accordingly, after much vacillation, I have decided to tell you by letter and not by word of mouth. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z There has been a strange vacillation in Jewish opinion concerning Bolshevism. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z The pope promised to grant his request; but the fear of offending Charles V., Catherine's nephew, produced strange vacillation in the mind of the infallible holy father. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z The last of the climatic sequences which require explanation is the cyclonic vacillations. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z He had too much rigid inflexibility to turn with every breeze; and instead of being moved by each passing gust, he was simply dis-gusted by the vacillation exhibited. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z On arriving at manhood, with a vacillation much regretted in after life, farming was neglected and abandoned. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z He confessed his vacillation, his doubts, suspicions, and the pain, which pierced him; and the internal strife and accounting with his conscience and everything through which he passed. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z The constitution adopted in most of the national churches was a weak vacillation between all the three.57 6. Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 2011-09-14T02:00:43.813Z This group includes glacial fluctuations, historic pulsations, Brückner periods, sunspot cycles, pleionian migrations, and cyclonic vacillations. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z We must quote chapter and verse for this extraordinary vacillation about the very problem he wants to solve. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z McCartney saw the vacillation in the other's mind. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Moreover, he was from the first aware of the probable developments of the Revolution and of the consequences to Prussia of the weakness and vacillations of her policy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z And she was weary of trying to elude the vacillations of her mind. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Set against Arsenal's vacillation and high-wage phobia, Levy is The Terminator next door, driving up the price of Tottenham players coveted by other clubs and smashing down the fees demanded by sellers. Daniel Levy's game of transfer brinkmanship risks Spurs going south 2011-08-27T21:55:03Z He returned her look then, but with an unwonted vacillation of his own—or so she chose to think. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Analyse your own emotions and experiences, and you will discover that this vacillation has been the cause of many disastrous failures. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z She fancied that Agnes was not without twinges of conscience, not without hesitation, and naturally put down her apparent vacillation to feelings, similar to those which would have animated herself under the same circumstances. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z However, the latest vacillations in the financial markets may do little increase the accessibility of mortgages to first-time buyers. Barratt Developments in talks to sell part of shared-equity loan book 2011-08-08T17:32:03Z Notwithstanding his claim that it was his humblest day, what we saw was vacillation between feeling “shame” and avoiding responsibility altogether. The Rupert and James Show: Today's Performance in Parliament Confirms Need for Independent Board Investigation 2011-07-19T20:00:16Z It presented a spectacle of vacillation and seeming cowardice which heartened the timid among the insurgents and started among them a general eagerness for war which had been lacking before. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z The vacillation was but momentary; slowly and silently the men began to move away, each one eyeing his neighbor askance, as if to discover who held the fatal red bean within his keeping. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z Hence woman loves man more purely; she loves in him the present object of her heart, he in her, oftentimes, the image of his fancy; hence comes his fickleness and vacillation. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z All the abuses of tyranny, therefore, so carefully pictured by literary men, had not seemed to them equal to the abuses of mob-rule,—the violence and the vacillation of an incompetent or needy public. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z The policies of the liberal capitalist bourgeoisie, notwithstanding all their vacillations, retreats and treacheries, are of a definite character. Our Revolution Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution, 1904-1917 2011-06-04T02:00:16.113Z But he could never pledge himself frankly in one sense or the other, and this vacillation prevented him from attaining any decisive results. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z It may have been Hume's apparent vacillation in choosing a career that made this "shrewd Scots wife" hold her son in such small esteem. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z With those who desire to be instrumental in bringing about the triumph of liberty over slavery, there should be neither evasion, vacillation, nor equivocation. The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It 2011-05-10T02:00:59.100Z Had her clear eyes noticed any signs of vacillation or reluctance? Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z The word “dependence,” is the favourite of President Day; and he uses it with fully as much vagueness and vacillation of meaning, as Edwards does the term cause. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z The next six years, both in home and foreign policy, were marked by great vacillation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." 2011-05-27T02:00:16.463Z They continued their intermeddling after The Liberal was launched, and doubtless ministered to Byron’s vacillation. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z Miss Georgina's manner to me used to undergo very strange vacillations—very strange ones indeed. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z In Italy, as everywhere else, the Jews had more than their share of sorrow and misery to endure, owing to the fanaticism of popes and the vacillation of the masses. The Allied Countries and the Jews 2011-03-29T02:00:08.617Z In its continued vacillation between resembling a lion and a lamb, March will lean toward the latter Monday, with a high of 49 degrees, partly cloudy skies and mild winds. | Riders Give Accounts of Bus Crash 2011-03-14T12:33:03Z After a moment's vacillation, she retraces her uncertain steps till she stands beside him. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z This vacillation communicates itself in electric sympathy to his horse, and both go wavering down to their fence, without the slightest idea what they mean to do when they arrive. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z But from the moment in which all vacillation gave way before a settled purpose—from the hour of his return to Midlandshire—he had made no secret of his feelings or intentions. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z There is the usual story of vacillation and misfortune. The Allied Countries and the Jews 2011-03-29T02:00:08.617Z The controversy did not produce at once a serious estrangement between the two cabinets, but it marked the beginning of a period of vacillation on the part of Alexander III. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z And how readily did I forgive him for vacillation and uncertainty, which, before, had often distressed and displeased me. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Julius had been so tormented by vacillations, by the untoward "about-face" movements of the probable, so hampered by the unexpected, so repeatedly disappointed, that even now he could not believe in his good fortune. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z But, in spite of all this uncertainty and vacillation of mind, Mr. Lansdell took a great deal of interest in the preparations for the picnic. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z Conscious of this, women, in countries where the nutritive system in general and the pelvis in particular are large, affect a greater degree of this vacillation and unsteadiness. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Change of mood and vacillation of purpose, under the stress of temptation, or due to the conflict of contrary impulses, are features of some of Massinger's best scenes. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z What was best to say and do, to keep him from thinking ill of her, and despising her for vacillation? Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z Her lover was the most serious and literal-minded of men, anxious and doubtful, and her father the prey of vacillation and indecision. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Mortal anxiety as to the decision of this twofold destiny, constant vacillation between hope and fear, the agitating suspense of each fresh attempt at rescue--these all had left most evident traces. Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:37.767Z Pathetic enough was the vacillation of Serbia between Austria and Russia. Serbia: A Sketch 2011-02-11T03:00:25.893Z Nicholson was a weak man, and his vacillation produced the impression that he might be engaged in a conspiracy to bring back the rule of James. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z Their indignation was a white flame of revolt that consumed every fear and vacillation around it. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z Yet there is certainly an appearance of self-deception and vacillation in his political and diplomatic plans, due apparently to the intoxication of success, as when he spoke of the Vistula to Marmont after Champaubert. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z D’Urban in vain warned Glenelg of the disastrous consequences of his decision, the beginning of the long course of vacillation which wrought great harm to South Africa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Poor Gordon had to die, not to save his country, but to become, and forever remain, a specter at England's feast, the victim of her vacillations, a standing reproach to her indifference. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z There is vacillation and timidity in that ironical egotism. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z She perceived his indolence over every voluntary effort, his indecision over every serious question, his vacillation between this and that; and did not blind herself to all this weakness. Footsteps of Fate 2010-12-20T17:11:56.663Z Vacillation would ensue, Napoleon felt, on a central attack, and in that vacillation he intended to repeat with Bl�cher what he had done with Brunswick at Jena. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z That vacillation between extraordinary wealth and plummeting share price attracted more questions about the source of the firm's profits and its corporate structure. Profile: Asil Nadir's finances have fascinated media for 40 years 2010-08-26T11:17:00Z Even some plaintiffs who have vowed to reject the settlement have moments of vacillation. 9/11 Settlement Letters Bring Moment of Reckoning 2010-08-09T17:29:00Z Her vacillations were truly those of weakness, but they were sometimes violent; and when her emotions overcame her indolence, she was not easily managed. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z The protesters have lived on the streets for many weeks, becoming increasingly confident as they derided what they saw as the weakness and vacillation of the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. Divided city 2010-05-16T19:25:00Z This was done, and during this night of terrible vacillation the dose was swallowed by the desperate fugitive. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z Unfortunately, after the vacillation and political concerns that undermined the effectiveness of the original support package for Greece, questions about implementation are bound to arise. Experts Talk the Euro Rescue Package 2010-05-10T16:07:00Z Between those two states of mind had been a war of mental agony and conflict, of doubt, of vacillation. The Law of Hemlock Mountain This may have been at the root of her hysterical vacillations. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z However this maybe, the Spanish camp was much disquieted by the rumours which came in of Aben-Aboo's vacillation. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies In spite of his vacillation and final failure to evacuate Dresden, Napoleon had an excellent fighting chance. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z After a period of vacillation he deserted Don John towards the end of that year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The feeling of impotence and vacillation which so often overcame him was at this moment a positive physical martyrdom. The Undying Past In a strong-minded man, conscience produces resolution; in a weak, it gives rise merely to fears and vacillation. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 Consider the extreme vacillations of prosperity and depression which characterize American industry. Races and Immigrants in America The earth, for instance, never moves exactly in the same orbit year by year, but is in perpetual vacillation. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent And so I could not refrain—at last, after much vacillation of mind—from sending you these pages, which I had written only for myself. Majesty A Novel Even that vacillation will scarcely destroy all the claim that his bold defiance and consistent opposition to all Russian pretensions to supremacy over Eastern Turkestan gives him to our respectful and admiring consideration. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar But there was no vacillation in the direction of our march. Last Words The Lords' committee too often reason from the fact to the right, as well as from the words to the fact; both are fallacious, and betray them into some vacillation and perplexity. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 There must be some limit to vacillations, and that has been reached. Ayala's Angel Unaware of his vacillation of character and of his transient impulses toward Christianity, he further believed that the supple Greek, in accordance with his compact, would act as public accuser of the Christians. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs Now it seems to me that nothing could better suit the careless, open-handed freedom of your habits than the vacillations of high play. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Jenny's vacillations were over—the Institute was really on the way. The Great Miss Driver Nothing could be more injurious to England than this arbitrary vacillation. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 He is one without vacillation, always steady to his purpose, requiring from himself in the way of duty and conduct infinitely more than he demands from those around him. Ayala's Angel Shall we say that He who knew what was in man saw that though Pilate was for the moment alarmed and in earnest, yet there was beneath that earnestness an ineradicable vacillation? The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II Its aim is to illustrate the evils and perplexities that arise from vacillation and infirmity of purpose, and it is rather a series of incidents than one well-rounded plot. Maria Edgeworth They are the great topics of these communities, as the movements of Politics or the vacillations of the Bourse are elsewhere. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) Thus she showed the vacillation of her impulsive, passionate nature. A Modern Wizard Then her uncle pronounced his judgment in a vacillating voice,—with a vacillation which was ineffectual of any good to Ayala. Ayala's Angel I joined my regiment; but a government weakened by vacillations in its form, and dissensions in the capital, permitted the army, with which my hopes were associated, to languish ill-appointed and inactive. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. His vacillation was remarkably shown the following day. Trevethlan: Volume 1 A Cornish Story. The struggle and the vacillation of the girl's young heart were revealed first of all to the Professorin. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Meanwhile the almost unprincipled vacillation of M. Rouvier and his spineless policy caused increased dissatisfaction to the Chamber. A History of the Third French Republic But Aunt Dosett was a lady not much given to vacillation. Ayala's Angel The very vacillations of the sick man's malady had affected my nerves, rendering me overanxious, so that just as he had passed the great crisis of the malady, I was stricken down with it myself. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance In England, after a state of vacillation for three reigns, Protestantism, in the peculiar form which it still wears, was become the established religion of the state. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Strangely enough it was by these vacillations and changes of temperament that Guglia had attached herself so decisively to his fortunes. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier What a hapless vacillation would befall us if every movement in politics, religion, or social economy were to seize at a moment's warning upon the whole community! Black Forest Village Stories There is, however, beginning to be some vacillation as to the received belief on this subject as regards London. Ayala's Angel I never heard him speak so strongly of the timidity and vacillation of his comrades. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) I will not weary my reader with the tormenting vacillations of hope and fear which followed. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune I will not speak of the hourly vacillations of hope and fear in which I passed that day and the following one. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands In regard to foreign politics he greatly contributed to raise Italian prestige and to dispel the reputation for untrustworthiness and vacillation acquired by many of his predecessors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" After much vacillation and doubt it was, that Lanty determined, whatever the consequences to his fame, to make a full disclosure to Government, and only bargain for his own life. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago But whatever the cause, it is certain that for persistent straightforwardness in the general, and utter vacillation and irresolution in the particular, the African roads are unique in engineering. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Old Mr. Smith himself, worn out with my eternal vacillation, once swept the treasures from before me, with the cry: "I do not believe, child, that you are an intending purchaser at all!" A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Henry Clay's political aspirations went to wreck because of his vacillation concerning Texas. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 Though he knew that he was sealing the death warrant of his wife and his friends, the memory of their vacillations anesthetized him against any feeling of loss. Turning Point Litigation, it must be owned, lost much of its vacillation. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas The fog has added to our starting vagaries and postponed a happy understanding, but we shall do better later on when we have gauged and discovered—and pitied—the tiresome vacillations of the other ships! Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Is the stamp of fear and vacillation to be on every act of our lives? Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II One night, the Iberian, who seemed preoccupied, ventured after much vacillation to express his inner thought. Sónnica He had to contend with the bitter hostility of the French protectionists, which occasioned a good deal of vacillation on the part of the emperor and his ministers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" After much vacillation, with the last two numbers remained the final decision. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Despite all blunders and vacillations our expedition was not unworthy of the emergency. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war More than all, we first relieved him, then restored him; now If we relieve him again the public will ask: "Why all this vacillation?" The Struggle for Missouri Your present evident weakness and vacillation but inspire contempt.” Wau-nan-gee or the Massacre at Chicago A Romance of the American Revolution After a rather eccentric education and some vacillations about a profession, he went, rather late, to Oxford, and was ordained in 1840. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) The worry in the open now, the fear uncontained, and no more vacillation. Homo Inferior For a long time he wandered about, absorbed in vacillations that had neither name nor plan. Their Son; The Necklace Shakespeare subtly suggests this when he makes his Cæsar talk like a god and act with the vacillation of a child. The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia We want action, or else we want peace, but vacillation gives us neither. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Every step was governed by this consideration; and the difficulty of the task caused the inconsistencies and the vacillation that ensued. The History of Freedom When he reached Chattanooga, he showed for the first time vacillation and a disposition to delay. History of Morgan's Cavalry If, on the other hand, we imagine that he is averse to the thing we love or loves the thing to which we are averse, we shall then suffer vacillation of mind. The Philosophy of Spinoza I should almost guess the Author of Waverley to be a writer of ambling verses from the desultory vacillation and want of firmness in the march of his style. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature During vacillation, neither of the alternatives was identified with ourselves, but now we have decided and are not going to be so weak as to change. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life But although there is vacillation in the government, no compromise measures will be tolerated yet—if ever. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The most remarkable feature of General Bragg's conduct was this strange, unexampled vacillation. History of Morgan's Cavalry I have now, I think, explained the principal emotions and vacillations of the mind which are compounded of the three primary emotions, desire, joy, and sorrow, and have set them forth through their first causes. The Philosophy of Spinoza Harrington, in his contracted view of human nature, had dropped out of his calculation all the stirring passions of ambition and party, and the vacillations of the multitude. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 It shows itself in excessive hesitation and vacillation and in failure to accomplish anything of consequence. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The count was going through one of these days of vacillation when Micaela, the most excitable and violent of the Pensioner's four undines, appeared at the Qui�ones' house. The Grandee The weak spot in the government of the business seemed to be Gaga, who betrayed incessant vacillation, and came in so often to consult Miss Summers that she became quite ruffled and indignant with him. Coquette But who could record the vacillations of a poetic temper, its early hope and its late despair, its wild gaiety and its settled frenzy, but the poet himself? Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The safety of the French army thus far was chiefly due to the vacillation, if not the absolute treachery, of Kutusow. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow A somewhat different type of conflict, which may be called vacillation, occurs when two positive tendencies are aroused that are inconsistent with each other, so that gratification of the one entails renunciation of the other. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Then he touched it with the edge of his lips, made faces again, touched it again, and finally, after many attempts and vacillations, decided to swallow it. The Grandee Of a woman's five cardinal failings—inquisitiveness, extravagance, vanity, vacillation, and loquacity—I'm guiltless of all except the last and most innocent. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel What then was this irresolution but the vacillations of a mind broken and confounded? Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The Puritans of Radicalism set down this vacillation to a total want of fixed principle, if not to baser motives. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) To adopt a policy of vacillation with a savage was to confess weakness. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 The circumstances of the time, the distrust between the races and the vacillation of a sorely pressed government, combined to make an awkward situation. The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion His doubts and vacillations fled: he must speak now, or the hour and the mood would never recur. Dreamers of the Ghetto Bernstorff said, or is said to have said—I do not count him among my acquaintances—that on that night this supercanaille showed symptoms of what I think I have seen described as vacillation. The Paliser case But with steady rule one day, and vacillation, wobbling, and surrender the next, what can you expect? Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Any approach to vacillation now would be quite fatal. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills In spite of his vacillation, her uncle was deeply attached to her. Nan of Music Mountain In the result, though he does eventually avenge his father's murder, his introspection and vacillation have led to the death of himself and no fewer than three other innocent persons—Ophelia, Polonius and Laertes. War Letters of a Public-School Boy It is a badly chosen word, and seems to show the vacillation of the writer's thought. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors After much opposition, vacillation, hesitation, and aversion, the President signed the confiscation and emancipation bill. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Through all the doubts and vacillations which encumbered him, this was the rule not only of his mind but of his heart. The Life of Cicero Volume II. The only stable thing in him was his goodness; everything else was in perpetual vacillation. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome And if the annual reports contain any exposure of abuses, they are sure to give offense to the managers, to be followed by timidity and vacillation in the board of women itself. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Only when his vacillation endangered him personally, so that he could expect nothing else to follow but a condemnation by a new assembly of the royal court, did he come to a decision. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) But these ups and downs, these vacillations, are daily occurrences, and nothing points to a firm purpose, to a decided policy, or any policy whatever of the administration. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 She hesitated; for a moment she was adorable in vacillation. The Combined Maze This delicate consideration of the feelings of others has been mistaken by some bigoted minds for deceit or vacillation on the part of Madame Roland; as if such a being were capable of either. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The conflict of these different points of view accounts for the peculiar vacillation in the Christian conception of paganism. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity His vacillation is very intelligible, very natural: but it did not correspond to the idea of the dignity with which he was clothed. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) The vagueness and vacillation are not devices of timidity; they are the honest result of the writer’s own mental character, which adapts him to be the instructor and the favorite of “the general reader.” The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete He narrates in extenso all his vacillations about nothing at all, all his givings way to laziness, all his insincere confidences made to others. The Countess of Albany The use of indefinite and weakening expressions leads to suspicion of vacillation and indecision. Sound Military Decision To this fruitless vacillation of the only existing public authority, one of the most fatally celebrated actors of the worst times of the Revolution, Fouché, owed his importance and ephemeral success. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 This led to much vacillation in legislation on the subject, and gave alternately, to one and then to the other section of the Union, the benefits of its favorite policy. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The pilots had not given up the hope of vanquishing the storm, and D——, who knew the disposition of his countrymen, did not yet dread their vacillation; but we did. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition If even Wendell Phillips and Gerrit Smith, the very apostles of liberty on this continent, failed at that point, how can we wonder at the vacillation and confusion of politicians at this hour. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Frequency of such changes, to the point of vacillation, is a sure indication of a lack of aptitude for the exercise of command. Sound Military Decision Since that time, with a few vacillations, Parliament has been the sovereign power. Progress and History Do you not know that you have made not only the firm but me ridiculous, by your stupid vacillation—and with the Seaboard, of all trust companies! Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned Gentleman He still vacillated, but his vacillation did not bring him nearer to his cousin's side of the case. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite The account of the vacillation of the Court, and the sketch Mr. Grenville gives of the King, are full of interest. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 Slovakia continued to have difficulty attracting foreign investment, however, because of perceived political uncertainty and vacillations in privatization policy. The 1996 CIA World Factbook The emperor had been in a state of pitiable vacillation since the arrival of the Spaniards. The True Story Book The latter took up one of the papers, and read it through with vacillation in his eyes. Hawtrey's Deputy The vacillating tone,—even when the resolve to suppress vacillation has been most determined,—is perceived and understood, and at once utilized, by the least argumentative of lovers, even by lovers who are obtuse. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite The Liberal party was divided about Lord Palmerston, and that fact led to vacillation at the polling booths. Lord John Russell She mistook his silence, which was hesitation as to what plan to adopt, for vacillation, and thought she was going to win. Bird of Paradise It was mischief, and only mischief, that he did; and though the scale on which he perpetrated mischief was great, his fickleness and vacillation deprived it altogether of the dignity of greatness. Pyrrhus Makers of History You are too clever; you want to discover some means by which you need not be the only one to suffer from the consequences of your vacillations. Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux But, in truth, Sir Harry's blackness was still the result of vacillation. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite The Whigs had fallen between two stools, for the country was not in a humour to tolerate vacillation. Lord John Russell The vacillation of his last hours, his deep distress, and mournful agonies are painted by Plutarch. Ancient States and Empires She was not a character which does well by itself, and under a domineering manner she concealed her weakness, vacillation, and timidity. The Third Miss Symons But, though the words were determined, there was a certain vacillation in the tone of her voice which did not escape me. The Fixed Period Unless you set an example of unflinching steadfastness, all will declare that vacillation cannot be tolerated in such a man. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church He believed that the Prime Minister’s vacillation was disastrous in its influence, and that he ought, therefore, to retire and make way for a leader with a definite policy. Lord John Russell Cicero ought to have joined these forces, and might have done so, but for his vacillation. Ancient States and Empires But the love they invoked was undying and everlasting, superior to all vacillation—enduring as eternity. Memories of Bethany But the military as well as the civil authorities showed a strange weakness and vacillation in presence of an emergency only to be compared with the Lord George Gordon riots of a by-gone generation. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) At Naumburg, in 1561, the Lutheran princes therefore, after some vacillation, declared that they would adhere to the original Augsburg Confession and its "genuine Christian declaration and norm," the Smalcald Articles. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church She tells us from her retreat how her brother came to see her, fascinated by the steadfastness of her faith, in contrast with his own indifference and vacillation. Pascal Ambiguity or vagueness indicates either a vacillation or the inability to formulate orders. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Into those few years of boyish vacillation, I see now that the whole tragedy of more than a century of human experience was thrust. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Such vacillations in Christian experience were due in part to the lack of holy associations and devout companionships. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God He did, however, in the interest of his irenic and unionistic policy and dogmatic vacillations, render ambiguous and weaken the clear sense of the Augustana. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church The unconscionable folly, the feeble-minded vacillation and miserable trickery by which this magnificent popularity was muddled away is one of the saddest tragedies in the stories of kings. The Story of Paris But these, as he proceeded, branched of right and left to their several homes, and as the street became vacant, his restlessness and vacillation re-appeared. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. The moral character of Demosthenes was fiercely assailed during his life, the chief charges being vacillation, unchastity, cowardice, and the receipt of bribes. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Partly from jealousy of C�sar, partly from sheer incapacity, Pompey, after much vacillation and duplicity, finally allied himself with the nobles, thinking with their aid to crush his rival and thereafter to be supreme. 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 They lacked the nerve, and their vacillation gave confidence and reputation to an enemy that need never have been allowed to become formidable. The Life of Gordon, Volume I View larger image Catherine gave him no time for farther vacillation. The Story of Paris Thanks to their own bravery, to their able leader, and finally to Persian vacillation and cowardice, this little army had now reached a place of safety. The Two Great Retreats of History Thus is explained the singular vacillation of the mind when it tries to define chance. Creative Evolution Regret at his previous vacillations seems to have filled his mind. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II Foremost in the group in dignity, though not in importance or in energy, was the aged Alexander, whose imprudent sermon had provoked the quarrel, and whose subsequent vacillation had encouraged it. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 In this way the twofold attitude and the apparent vacillation of mysticism are explained and justified. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Their vacillation encouraged the idea that mutiny paid, and mutiny accordingly spread. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration He wrote six volumes on the reign of Elizabeth, from which we get the distinct impression that the dominant characteristics of Elizabeth were meanness, vacillation, selfishness, and cruelty. Historical Essays If, on the other hand, we imagine that he is averse to the thing we love, or loves the thing to which we are averse, then we shall suffer vacillation of mind. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Her mind had vacillated like a shuttlecock, but no one had seen the vacillation. An Old Man's Love How could his colleagues order back a large part of the British force, thereby justifying the vacillations of Prussia and ensuring a parliamentary triumph to Fox and Grenville? William Pitt and the Great War A court of inquiry later decided that Commodore Schley's service up to June 1 was characterized by "vacillation, dilatoriness, and lack of enterprise." A History of Sea Power There was, however, a certain bewildering vacillation on the part of some of the deputies. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Nothing damages a Government more than the appearance of vacillation and uncertainty of purpose, and no Government ought to shun this more than the present. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 And then she would be lost in amazement as she thought of herself and all her vacillations. An Old Man's Love The Nemesis which waits upon weakness and vacillation has rarely appeared in more mocking guise than at the close of the year 1793. William Pitt and the Great War Can you imagine the eternal vacillation of such a contest? The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle The colonists are fretted by the vacillation of her Majesty's government, but they are anxious to know that their honor and happiness are compatible with their present political relations. The History of Tasmania, Volume I They are very dear and very humble and sheepish and self-conscious when they are in love, curious mixtures of determination and vacillation; about eighty per cent, however, being determination. 'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!' His vacillation had been unfortunate for her, but in everything he had done the best according to his lights. Cousin Henry Thwarted on the Lower Rhine by the vacillations of the German Powers and the torpor of the Dutch, he hoped for success among the Royalists of Brittany and la Vendée. William Pitt and the Great War He wished to examine himself and collect himself, and he was praying Heaven to forgive him his mental vacillations when M. Bruno came in, and went to kneel before the statue of the Virgin. En Route Her hesitation on this subject had been much, and her vacillations many, but she had thought it safer to abstain. Miss Mackenzie Gladstone they more consistently glorified for his eloquence, high-mindedness, and skill; but from time to time they would trounce him roundly for his vacillations or other political shortcomings. The History of "Punch" The men despise vacillation and chopping and changing. No Man's Land Byron's special grudge against him at this time was due to his vacillation with regard to the cause of Greek Independence. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry But in the measures taken to put down the rebellion we can see nothing but incapacity, vacillation, and even timidity. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I There was no time for ardent wooing on his part, no vacillation nor coyness on hers. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers She screened her tentative and hesitating statesmanship under the natural timidity and vacillation of her sex. History of the English People, Volume IV Perhaps such vacillation as was occasionally to be seen in Exeter’s conduct may be traced to her influence. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time But I accounted for the vacillation and distrust of our lamented friend, Armand Carrel, by reverting to the fact that he relied entirely on regular troops, military skill, scientific tactics and severe subordination. Edmond Dantès It appalled her to see people wrecking their lives by indecision, vacillation, incapacity, by poor judgment and crass stupidity. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale With the fear of his young master coming past—and if so, surely “cow-hiding” him—he feels there is no time to be wasted in vacillation. The Death Shot A Story Retold It opens to us the strange secrets of the irresolution and vacillation which have always characterized the men who have been called upon by fate alone to undertake vast achievements. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Macotaʼs timidity and vacillation were too apparent; but in consequence of Budrudeenʼs overawing presence, he was obliged, from shame, to yield his assent. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy It required constant adjustment: irregularities and excesses suggested new details, and gave to the movements of the commandant the aspect of vacillation. The History of Tasmania , Volume II What presumption, what bad logic, what incoherence, what unjustified veering and vacillation in all these public verdicts from beginning to end! Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. All such vacillation vanished in the excitement of his taste of Court life. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette The whirlpool of terror, vengeance, vacillation, resolution, engulfs him in its giddy flow; his soul is on the wheel of torture, his old heart throbs on the rack of passion. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy In Congress was vacillation, discord, vacuity; while the people were goaded to the absurd charge, that some of its members were traitors! Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The feebleness and vacillation they continue to show is at least a consolation to those who have not been called upon to embark in the same boat with them. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents After much wrangling and vacillation, it fixed upon New York as the seat of the new Government and summoned the States to choose presidential electors, Senators, and Representatives. Union and Democracy At the last allowable moment I presented myself, and—as a punishment for my vacillation, I suppose—I never passed a more disagreeable evening. Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) Before that, there was a waywardness, a vacillation, a nervous excitement, which passed away as soon as love dawned upon her soul. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. Such vacillations produce whimsical and scattered movements; but they are fruitless in results; they literally "get nowhere." Human Traits and their Social Significance His mouth was open and a peculiar vacillation of the lower lip demonstrated plainly that its owner had but little command over speech and articulation. In the Forbidden Land Even to the last the incurable vacillation of the allied admirals was felt: they suggested a council of war. The Story of the Barbary Corsairs The answer to this question is a most painful confession of feebleness, vacillation and dishonor. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Anything like vacillation at such a crisis will encourage these barbarians to proceed to extremities which may end in our ruin. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale Neither cosmetics, massage, nor drugs can remove the lines of prejudice, selfishness, envy, anxiety, mental vacillation that are the results of wrong thought habits. Pushing to the Front Lord Sydenham and Lord Durham saw and knew a great deal of this vacillation among all parties in Canada. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 My hesitation about Epirus is not caused by vacillation on my part, but by the fact that I do not know where I am likely to see my brother. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order He had tried to arrange a marriage between Elizabeth of England and Henry of Anjou, the brother of the French King, but had not been successful, owing to Elizabeth's politic vacillation. Heroes of Modern Europe These birds have a peculiar manner of flying; flitting about with odd jerks, and vacillations, not unlike the p. 42motions of a butterfly. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Yet many failures are caused by ill-advised changes and causeless vacillation of purpose. Pushing to the Front Thus, in the first place, he will be secure from inward reproaches and contests, from vacillation and self-torment. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Ambiguity or vagueness indicates either vacillation or the inability to formulate orders. Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) Her fate is more enviable than that of her undiscovered lover, whose vacillations of dread and despair and determination to reveal all but move Hester to deeper pity and stronger love. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Now without that steady prop to support its steps it must be liable, in speculation, to perpetual vacillations, and seldom able to preserve the true centre of gravity. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 "Chief among the causes which bring positive failure or a disappointing portion of half success to thousands of honest strugglers is vacillation," said Thomas B. Bryan. Pushing to the Front Whenever they showed signs of vacillation he would take one of the men by the arm, and lead him into the very thick of the fight. General Gordon Saint and Soldier He was not oblivious to the impression his vacillation on the subject had produced and went to some lengths to explain why he had opposed such experiments in the past. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 The faces of the men and women of France alike show no sign of vacillation. A Journey Through France in War Time "Join the traders' crews and track the villains west," he answered with the promptitude of one who decides quickly and without vacillation. Lords of the North Then he wrote two letters, both short and to the point; he indulged in none of Constance’s vacillations, and yet in their way his letters also were masterpieces of illusion. Jerry Junior Then he wrote two letters, both short and to the point; he indulged in none of Constance’s vacillations, and yet in their way his letters also were masterpieces of illusion. Jerry I seized upon the vacillation manifest in their voices and proceeded with confidence. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Doge! this vacillation is unworthy A child; if you are not in second childhood, Call back your nerves to your own purpose, nor Thus shame yourself and me. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 It is to be regretted that by his political vacillations his talents finally lost all influence in public councils and affairs. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II When the Southern States were on the eve of secession and the temper of the country was on trial, he had, though with honest intentions, shown signs of irresolution and vacillation. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 That he was willing to give all and ask for nothing, to be patient with her vacillations, and understand and sympathize with what everybody else condemned in her, touched her greatly. Quin After this date he became, with intervals of vacillation, an advanced Tory of an illiberal type. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 The ceaseless vacillation which makes up the sum of my inner life would find rest and stability in you. The Child of Pleasure And then he wished to confess his fault; but, with his usual vacillation of purpose, he deferred it, till he should see how things went. Louis' School Days A Story for Boys It is true, as shown by the history of all revolutions, that they are most precipitated and intensified by obstinacy and vacillation. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government If our Eastern rivers were capable of such vacillation as this, our large cities would go under once or twice a year. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Do its vacillations not stir us to the very depths of our soul? The Buried Temple Jesus put an end to the vacillation and uncertainty which in this respect still prevailed among the Jewish people of his day. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) For, I tell you, the indecision, vacillation, and timidity of the duke were the sole causes of our terrible disaster. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia General G. T. Beauregard: Accounts uncertain, because of the constant vacillation of this Government. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government "You needn't throw women's vacillation in their faces, Tom," replied Ruth calmly. The Fifth Wheel A Novel And yet multitudes live a life of vacillation and consequent failure, because they remain undetermined what to do, or, having decided that, have no confidence in themselves. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Birdwood begins by excusing himself in advance against any charge of vacillation. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I So long as those three men are here, there will be a policy of continued vacillation and hesitancy, and what you would do one day those three men would annul the next. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia If a question be found contrary to reason, faith and belief in it are impossible, and there is no outcome but wavering and vacillation. The Promulgation of Universal Peace Such vacillation, failure, or neglect, the American believers, the ambassadors of the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh, will, I am firmly convinced, never permit. The Advent of Divine Justice If a question be found contrary to reason, faith and belief in it are impossible and there is no outcome but wavering and vacillation. Bahá’í World Faith Cecil was morally and physically incapable of scolding any one; but she was very severe on the sin of vacillation and yielding to unauthorized interference. Sword and Gown A Novel After that vacillations of doubt and conscience ended. The Emigrant Trail At Waterloo the pummelled squares of red-coats were relieved by these Prussians, and Blücher, or “Old Marschall Vorwärts” as he was called, redeemed his countrymen’s years of effeminate lassitude and vacillation. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View I have been deploring, ever since yesterday, that my diffidence and vacillation of purpose should, notwithstanding a certain obstinacy of character I may possess, have left me unable to reply to these insinuations. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" His vacillation, his appointment of ministers who were not only reactionary, but were suspected of being German tools, were too much for even honest supporters of the Imperial regime. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War He had a reason for taking them in hand, a design which he meant them to express; and his vacillation prevents them from expressing it. The Craft of Fiction Between bouts with prelates, Luther sent a few thunderbolts at Erasmus, accusing him of vacillation and cowardice. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers And yet the means he took were even for his purpose the worst possible, a continual vacillation between timid indulgence and savage cruelty. The Age of the Reformation In his vacillations we see, not the noble conflict of good and evil impulses, but an ignoble tug-of-war between timidity and appetite. The Growth of English Drama Hence a constant vacillation in our policies which weakened England's position and made certain some terrible disaster. Gilbert Keith Chesterton This, then, was the explanation of her vacillation. The Mayor of Warwick It put an end to the vacillation of France. Lectures on Modern history In his character there was much of weakness, much of vacillation, perhaps some deficiency of strength and purpose; but there was no touch of vanity. Phineas Redux And to strengthen this resolve she recalled his weaknesses, his vacillation, his distrust in himself, his lapses into inebriety. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' In any case, he began with a thorough dislike of the Nicene council, continued for a long time to hold conservative language, and ended after some vacillation by adopting the vague Homoœn compromise of 359. The Arian Controversy Perdita's name was not mentioned; yet I could not doubt that love for her caused the vacillation of purpose that he exhibited. The Last Man It was chiefly the ostensible vacillation of the then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Goluchowski, that had so deeply hurt the Archduke, who had always imagined that Goluchowski was deeply attached to him. In the World War The Teuton system may have shortcomings but hesitation and vacillation cannot be numbered among them. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben A vacillating and timid policy has been England's great mistake in South Africa; it is this very vacillation that has brought about the present war. Boer Politics She would have been at a loss to understand her own vacillations of mood that day: she seemed to feel an unaccountable revulsion against every one. The Title Market All his measures and plans appeared imperfect, and betrayed a vacillation which he had never yet manifested. Narrative of the Most Remarkable Events Which Occurred In and Near Leipzig Immediately Before, During, And Subsequent To, The Sanguinary Series Of Engagements Between The Allied Armies Of The French, From The 14th To The 19th October, 1813 He certainly gave what remained of the day to vacillation. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte The opera world was kept fevered by such artifices as stories of broken pledges, long diplomatic pour parlera, special messengers, hesitation, and vacillation, kept up during many months. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens But not only in matters of such relative importance did Lenau exhibit this vacillation. Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry Suspicions had been aroused by the delays and vacillations of the British Government. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 Instances might be multiplied of the same vacillation and confusion of thought—the same feminine inability to be constant to one train of reasoning. Is Life Worth Living? The uncertainties and vacillations of the “Trial by Fire,” the long series of confessions and retractations, historically true, are still more morally and spiritually significant. The Ethics of George Eliot's Works I hoped that he might have made an end of vacillation. Destiny Their confounded vacillation has alone brought us to this pass. Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation Whenever this condition has been absent, confusion, vacillation and contradiction have always marked the conduct of public affairs, and disastrous results have followed. Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 He had little sympathy with vacillation of any kind, whether it arose from mere infirmity of purpose or from the temperament which delights in balancing opposing considerations. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work "Well," said Harvey, impatient with the vacillation shown by his aunt, "I shall not come back until she is found." The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring But when it came to going into society with her, then he hesitated; he would and he wouldn't, reminding Maude of his old vacillation, which indeed had seemed to have been laid aside for ever. Elster's Folly So I at once resolved to try So conquer all my vacillation, And fix my wand'ring heart and eye On only you, in all creation. Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems From the Most Sublime Horizon there hath shone forth that which leaveth no room unto any one for vacillation, repudiation or denial. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf She knew she was wicked now—very, very wicked—but it was again characteristic of her that having made her decision there was no vacillation about her. Beyond The Rocks A Love Story No more distrust, no more division, no more holding back, no more vacillation. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II One of the best-hearted men living, he did nothing in his vacillation. Elster's Folly Pursuing a policy of vacillation and fear, however, Alexander II soon fell back into the old attitude. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy Some instances of vacillation, occasional neglect, and troublesome sincerity, real or imagined, are sufficient to put your truly great author and man into a passion. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals "He considers that vacillation on such a question weakens the authority of the Crown, promotes distrust of public men, and inflames the animosity of parties." Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences No more distrust, nor division, nor vacillation, and a gratitude to the French nation which is quite pathetic. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II They possess the resolution of the Irish constabulary without the uncomfortable vacillation of Dublin Castle to thwart their efforts.' The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent The importunate desire of my friends has forced me to reprint this little Treatise of Dr. Dean's Spadacrene Anglica, which the vacillation of these distracted and ruinous times had almost lost and obliterated. Spadacrene Anglica The English Spa Fountain For this vacillation in his religion has Bayle endured bitter censure. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Her present attitude I set down to the vacillation of her character. The Passenger from Calais The vacillations of France agitated them; still they could not seriously believe she would ever act the part she has. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe Observe, that if I were vacillating, I should not be so weak as to tease you with the process of the vacillation: I should wait till my pendulum ceased swinging. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Here are two men driven away by your unprincipled vacillation—to call your conduct by the lightest name. For Woman's Love Here the resemblance stopped, for Miss Hamilton's firm lips and finely-curved chin showed no lack of power; but in her brother's face—attractive as it was—there were clearly signs of vacillation. Uncle Max Tortured by the incessant vacillations of his own mind, he was at last influenced, by the suggestions of his spiritual advisers, to refer the question to the pope. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Some have become voluptuaries; some, mere family men, who think it quite life enough to win bread for half a dozen people, and treat them, decently; others are lost through indolence and vacillation. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe The real source of their vacillations we may discover in the age itself. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions His vacillation of opinion, as well as of conduct, was convincing proof that he acted without principle, and was influenced by his own selfish views. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest The vacillation of Coleridge's own course showed that upon this point his mind was never clear. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant But confusion of thought, however favourable to popular agitation, is a disadvantage when the moment for legislation arrives; and uncertainty as to the aim goes far to explain the vacillation in Home Rule policy. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union Her vacillation promptly vanished, and she resolutely mounted the steps. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel This, and his unwillingness to part with Josephine, is a conclusion that may reasonably account for the vacillation that was so pronounced from time to time. The Tragedy of St. Helena And so we come to the present—a day of cowardice and vacillation, of strident wide-voiced wrong and faint hearted compromise; of double-faced dallying with Truth and Right. The Negro Problem He quarrelled with the new Pope, Paul III., and by his vacillations led the Florentine exiles to suspect he might betray them. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series I know your courage and steadfastness of spirit, as well as its weaknesses and vacillations. For the Faith A third brother, Giuseppe, was added to the group, of whom vacillation was the distinguishing characteristic. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 The marvel is that he did not allow himself to benefit by his shrewd observations at a moment when so much depended on strength, not vacillation and weakness. The Tragedy of St. Helena He also had himself an hour of vacillation. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The vacillations at Paris tended alike to weaken Anglo-French action and to encourage the Arabi party and the Sultan. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) |
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