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Karhiders eat four solid meals a day, breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, along with a lot of adventitious nibbling and gobbling in between. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
Like strawberries, peach palm throws out adventitious shoots. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Note that this is distinct from the adventitious breeding of swallows on British outbuildings or barns. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z
Williams’s radiant sound and adventitious origins have made her a key figure in a diverse dawn for the solo guitar. The Face of Solo Guitar Is Changing. It’s About Time. 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z
The great thing about tomatoes is that they form adventitious roots all along their stems, so overgrown seedlings, well watered, may still develop great root systems and bear lots of fruit. Perspective | Missed the boat on spring gardening? Relax and follow this guide. 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z
A bud and adventitious root system form from the runner. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
IAA is used as a rooting hormone to promote growth of adventitious roots on cuttings and detached leaves. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z
Entry into the literary pantheon, Jackson says, requires meeting thresholds for quality and quantity, but after that, “adventitious circumstances take over.” Can’t Buy Me Luck: The Role of Serendipity in the Beatles’ Success 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z
Many commenters suggested that we establish a “threshold” for the unintended or adventitious presence of products of excluded methods in organic products. 'No Such Thing As GMO Contamination' Rules Australian Court in Landmark Decision, Rebuffing Organic Activists 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z
But the most adventitious source of revenue was the North Sea – a source to which one Thatcherite would refer as "what we are using to finance unemployment". Margaret Thatcher: the woman, the legend … and the myths 2013-04-20T23:03:03Z
The so-called beauty of nature is for Hegel an adventitious beauty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z
Some plants, however, also have adventitious roots, which emerge above the ground from the shoot. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z
For that reason I feel convinced you need no such adventitious aid as confession from a murderer. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z
Moreover, if oxygen could be continuously supplied to the climbers by adventitious aid there is little doubt that 29,000 feet could be reached. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z
Owing to various adventitious circumstances the sect came into great prominence politically and ecclesiastically for a few years about the middle of the 14th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z
Essentially our author is a man of one book, and many adventitious circumstances helped him here. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z
Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
Love fulfils at once the law of truth-telling and the law against swearing; for words spoken in Love need no adventitious support. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z
In addition to the literature quoted in the notes to Chapter XXVII., the student should consult the works on Forest Botany for the scattered information regarding adventitious buds. Disease in Plants 2012-03-01T03:00:22Z
“A humour is a liquid or fluent part of the body comprehended in it, and is either born with us, or is adventitious and acquisite.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z
The rich lead-silver ores of Leadville were discovered as adventitious to the operation of the rich gold placers in California Gulch. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z
To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z
Such acknowledgments are of high value in keeping the issue clear, if not always of all adventitious, yet of all venomous matter. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z
Linear regression centered at the western African PO is weak and may be adventitious. [Technical Comment] Comment on ?Phonemic Diversity Supports a Serial Founder Effect Model of Language Expansion from Africa? 2012-02-09T19:25:22.780Z
My hopes rest solely on intrinsic charms—the adventitious graces of art are not "in it." The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z
His is no morbid sentimentality and does not need the adventitious interest of supreme suffering. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z
Was it a healthy rebellion against the prudery of repression or the adventitious excitation of imminent impotence? San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z
It is an excellent rule of biblical exegesis to trace the primary Christian ideas to their Hebraic root, and to regard as foreign and adventitious those which are not attached to it. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z
Neither his dignity, nor the sanctity of his person depended, as with us, upon any adventitious barriers between himself and his subjects. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z
Of course it's only Southport—but I have larger hopes, inasmuch as it was just the meagre provincial conditions and the limited provincial interpretation that deprived the performance of all adventitious aid. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z
Their woebegone air was achieved almost entirely by not washing—it owed little to nature, to adventitious aids in the shape of deformities. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z
A multiplication of unexpected adventitious detail accomplished, in its entity, the strangeness, at once enticing and a little sinister, characteristic of Havana. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z
The whole flower may be looked upon as an adventitious bud bearing two pairs of leaves; each pair becomes concrescent and forms a perianth, the apex of the shoot being converted into an orthotropous ovule. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z
Strict law is an abstract law, deduced from certain general principles, applied without the least regard to adventitious circumstances. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z
Simply because these fancies answered no query likely to rise, solved no difficulty likely to suggest itself, and were mere adventitious decorations wherewith I had been accustomed to load my Sunday-school teaching, to show off. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z
The playwright, as he progresses in his art, does not here permit himself to endanger the interest of the plot by any adventitious pleasantries on the part of the characters. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z
The young man was poor—comparatively friendless; had never been surrounded by any adventitious circumstances; had by his own efforts and without material aid, worked his way to the bar. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z
The growth of the primary root is limited; sooner or later adventitious roots develop from the axis above the radicle which they ultimately exceed in growth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z
For the hostility of two rival races in the primitive world, considered in itself, and independently of adventitious circumstances, must be looked upon as a positive and well authenticated fact. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z
The village of Box has gained an adventitious fame from the celebrated tunnel on the Great Western Railway, which pierces Box Hill, and was, upon its completion, the longest tunnel in England. The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway 2011-11-06T02:00:11.073Z
Are they any the worse that they stand, whether adventitiously or not, at a point which we are endeavouring to reach? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z
Diverse, definite, and constant though these specific peculiarities be, they are all but the accidental or adventitious accompaniments of "vigour," or "vital power," due to natural selection. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z
This verbal embroidery, while it presents to the workman in words a pleasingly decorative form, at the same time imposes on him both an adventitious restraint and an increased self-consciousness. Open Water 2011-10-14T02:00:31.043Z
Occasionally a tree of swamp or sugar maple keeps alive the crowded twigs of its sapling for years, and forms adventitious buds as well. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z
But the book which he has translated possesses, besides these adventitious claims to respect, a supreme intrinsic value. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z
Stumps whose tissues seemed wholly turned to charcoal sent forth adventitious shoots, and splintered boughs blossomed from their wounds. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z
But without the evolution of at least one adaptive character there could have been no distinct species, and therefore no merely adventitious characters as belonging to that species. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z
All here depends upon the facility with which these bud plants root as it is called, that is develop adventitious roots, when they are brought in contact with moist earth. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z
Adopting this theory, Mr. Robertson determined not to owe his success to any adventitious circumstances; and he accordingly disdained that attention to his toilet usually observed by gentlemen in the Cœlebs line. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z
Not as adventitious therefore will the wise man regard the faith that is in him. Spencer's Philosophy of Science The Herbert Spencer Lecture Delivered at the Museum 7 November, 1913 2011-09-25T02:00:15.883Z
From the scientific and the philosophic side this conception derived a certain adventitious strength. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z
It is simply musical tone, divested of all adventitious qualities. Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.337Z
As the roots of all woody plants are able to bear adventitious buds, De Vries thinks it probable that one could rear a whole willow-tree from a gall. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z
The subject is one of immense importance, and especially in this country, where it can seldom be discussed without adventitious circumstances biassing the inquirers. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z
Certainly, science should not make one proud; but pride is only an adventitious and not a necessary consequence, which, in speaking of cultivating science, should not be confounded with the fact itself. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z
"Good men," says Calvin, "and beyond all others, Augustine, have laboured to demonstrate, that we are not corrupted by any adventitious means but that we derive an innate depravity from our very birth." Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z
Here, without enjoying any adventitious advantages of birth or family, he succeeded, by his talents and industry, in securing great local influence, and gradually rose to wealth and power. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z
This external manifestation is quite subordinate and adventitious. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z
In relating it I have delivered "a round, unvarnished tale," and have not colored the truth with any adventitious hue of fancy. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z
With the exception of the Circumlocution Office passages—adventitious as they are to the progress of the action—Little Dorrit exhibits a palpable falling-off in inventive power. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z
Their movements about the country were determined by accidents of weather and the chase, but they retired from time to time to their cave in the Kamiesbergen, whenever the adventitious rains made the locality habitable. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z
Fuller knowledge casts aside, and often with contumely, such adventitious helps. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z
Restore to her her natural food and adventitious comforts. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z
‘He was peculiarly fortunate,’ says Boswell, ‘in being recorded by Johnson; who of the narrow life of a printer and publisher, without any digressions or adventitious circumstances, has made an interesting and agreeable narrative.’ The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z
He had never seen a village in his life, excepting the adventitious assemblages of the Trek-Boers. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z
The strength that had come to him was only an adventitious kind of strength, after all. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z
What is destroyed is not an adventitious thing, but the spring of all satisfaction. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z
To the cultured esthetic sense the tragical tendency carries more meaning than the catastrophic finale; our author accordingly scorns, and perhaps inordinately, whatsoever may appear as merely adventitious in the action of plays. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z
At a later time he sought a similar adventitious aid to industry in buying Carlyle's writing table. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z
This I took to be the Asolando's tribute to her adorable head, which clearly did not need the electric light or other adventitious aid to invoke its lovely glow. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z
Jessie is a living proof of my theory—that we are all equal—and the education and refinement on which you lay such stress are only adventitious adjuncts to our circumstances. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z
You are shutting the door of advancement against a young man with every adventitious aid of fortune in his favor; handsome, accomplished, wealthy,-what limit need there be to his ambition? The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z
In fact, a considerable part of them, descanting on the fleeting nature of wealth and beauty, and all such adventitious or transitory possessions, is borrowed from the second oration of Isocrates. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z
With the impeachment he was politically born, with it he lived, and when it withered away, his adventitious and local celebrity perished along with it. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z
"And why wouldn't it be Kitty?" replied she, tartly, and piqued that her own attractions were not above all adventitious aid. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z
They are fain to borrow the adventitious aid to be derived, as they think, from frequent changes of time and place. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z
The subject of this volume should, indeed, possess sufficient attraction in itself, without needing the adventitious aid of any recent causes c�l�bres to give it additional interest. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z
They should never enact laws that are not founded upon rectitude, as Herbert Spencer says, no matter if expedience or adventitious circumstances might seem to demand it. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z
Wordsworth, on the contrary, dwells on adventitious human matters. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z
On the whole, therefore, the presence of sulphate in crepe rubber is adventitious, and properly washed crepe prepared with moderate quantities of bisulphite may be taken as free from any residual quantities. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z
He knew how to discriminate the healthy from the unsound, the essential or real from the adventitious or accidental. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z
We send our pencil-cases and trinkets over a good part of the world, however; and the caprice of fashion causes a great adventitious demand at home. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z
But all teachers should learn to regard this stimulus as a mere by-product of literary study, and this curiosity as a merely adventitious ally. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z
George Eliot did not receive this adventitious aid from romance, and her work was, perhaps, unduly burdened by ethical diatribe, scientific disquisition and moral and philosophical asides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z
Now by this adventitious lead their task was simplified, and Finnerty clung tenaciously to the telltale tracks. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z
His really splendid abilities seemed only now to have found, their proper field, and soon displayed themselves in a manner which made all adventitious aid superfluous. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z
Not, indeed, that the bishop needed any adventitious aids to his personal appearance. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z
The names he fixed upon were either derived from certain characteristic or adventitious circumstances, or were conferred in honour of his friends and acquaintance, chiefly those of the naval line. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z
Kings held a secondary position, and were generally regarded as adventitious tyrants, rather than as the heads and representatives of the nation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"
He is absolutely first as connected eternally with this lordship or supremacy, as possessing a supremacy not adventitious or contingent. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy
Some adventitious cause was evidently operating to throw his brain and nervous system into an abnormal condition, nor was I long in determining what it was. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician
Such strength is adventitious and accidental; it may come, it may go; it is found in one man, not in another; it does not interfere with the genuineness and perfection of the act of assent. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent
We recognize that the modern scientist, with his trained powers of observation and his elaborate facilities for eliminating the adventitious in his experiments, is in a position to judge impartially with regard to such subjects. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time
So variously can iron be transformed when its form is adventitious and has not yet been long resident in the metal. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments
As stated above, these are used for propagation by cuttings; for any part will produce adventitious buds and shoots. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools
The domestic observances—many of them probably ancient Āryan family customs, surrounded by the Hindūs with a certain amount of adventitious ceremonial—were generally performed by the householder himself, with the assistance of his wife. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis"
But that evening, at the Horse Show, Boone suffered the embarrassment of that flare-up of publicity which he felt was purely adventitious. The Tempering
Its benefits are adventitious and its malfeasance constant. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude
Based on adventitiously colored specimen from Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Subspecies of the Mountain Chickadee
Indeed Osier-Willows are pollarded, or cut off, from time to time, by the cultivator, for the purpose of producing a crop of slender adventitious twigs, suitable for basket-work. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools
For, if these Colours be diluted and weakned by the Mixture of any adventitious Light, the distance between the Places of the Paper will not be so great. Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light
To the extent of the prospective adventitious gain the attraction to the friendly society and to mutual help and saving will grow less. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine"
The derivation of the word thus appears to be merely accidental and adventitious. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy
Young as the child was, she was good company, independently of her place in Jenny's mind, which for me gave her an adventitious interest. The Great Miss Driver
Whereas, when the subterranean parts are only roots, cutting away the stem completely destroys the plant, except in the rather rare cases where the root freely produces adventitious buds. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools
So intent had I been upon her words that I had failed to hear adventitious sounds. A Top-Floor Idyl
Your Majesty will not give yourself the credit due of winning these evidences of devotion from personal causes, rather than from adventitious ones. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II)
As against these fields, much of the habitual golf and tennis and other adventitious means of killing time and of making up deficiencies is almost ludicrous. The Holy Earth
His reputation, unlimited by the adventitious circumstances of class, spread over the whole surface of society; and, from the chancellor down to the carman, his claims were confessed. Jack Hinton The Guardsman
For as stems may produce adventitious buds, so also may roots. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools
Like many people who are not made of china, they depended upon adventitious circumstances for much of their outward show. Bye-Ways
At the same time, the drama had begun largely to avail itself of adventitious aids to favour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin"
Of course, the eating must be substantial, but the adventitious appetites accomplish nothing and they may be not only intemperate and damaging to health but even unmoral. The Holy Earth
As to dress, that, as a man, I must regard as a purely adventitious and an essentially unimportant matter. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5.
The roots of the Sweet Potato among herbs, and of the Osage Orange among trees freely produce adventitious buds, developing into leafy shoots; and so these plants are propagated by root-cuttings. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools
The function and relation seem adventitious, depending on what kind of a heart the digitalis gets hold of, the digitalis and the heart being facts external and, so to speak, accidental to each other. Essays in Radical Empiricism
Having no adventitious aids to bring him into prominence, there will be small chance for him "to escape a well-tempered modesty." Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli)
Many of the adventitious pleasures are in the highest degree pernicious and are indications of weakness. The Holy Earth
The vote of the House of Commons on Wednesday morning was due to the deliberate and concerted action of the opposition, with a limited amount of adventitious numerical aid. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3)
Then too—there were certain adventitious aids to ward off the shadow of coming years. Helen Grant's Schooldays
A volcanic hill may have a single crater at, or near, its summit, or it may have several minor craters on its flanks: the latter are sometimes called “adventitious craters” or “craterlets.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile"
It became the instrument of revolt; it bartered the Empire, and supported or assassinated adventitious claimants for the throne at its wild caprice. Roman Women
The fewer the adventitious advantages he derived from fortune, the greater and more worthy did he appear. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day
Great as all these advantages were, they were aided, and not inconsiderably, by other and adventitious ones. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day
To recognize these adventitious features, which are almost infinite in variety, would be to greatly embarrass form classification. Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 361-436
In certain species concealment is effected by the use of adventitious objects, which are employed as a covering. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher"
The people want their Palace preserved as it was, is, and ever shall be; and the recent restoration has been, not a reconstruction, but a taking away of all the modern and adventitious. Through Our Unknown Southwest
The adventitious access of the sea water gives rise to the phenomena of intermittent explosions. Volcanoes: Past and Present
Your imagination invests it with a degree of gloom which is adventitious, and referable solely to painful associations; for intrinsically the situation is picturesque and beautiful, and the grounds have been arranged with consummate taste. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part
You will see what all this strife suggests—the unstable and adventitious relation of the man to the social hearth-group. The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy
In the pulpit the voice of the dean was deliberately monotonous, and he employed no adventitious gesture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati"
Increased by so many adventitious horrors, the horror of death becomes such that, without reasoning, we accept the doctors’ reasons. Death
To this general conception was added a multitude of adventitious ornaments, some of which were of a rude astronomical, some of a moral, some, doubtless, of a historical kind. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition
Metre is but adventitious to composition, and the phraseology for which that passport is necessary, even where it may be graceful at all, will be little valued by the judicious. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century
How painful the condition of Poverty, contrasted with that of Wealth; yet how closely are they allied, and how adventitiously separated! A Morning's Walk from London to Kew
For underground railway traffic exactly the same recommendations have, at one period during the fourth quarter of the nineteenth century, given an adventitious stimulus to the use of compressed air. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast
The qualities in a poem, a picture, or a symphony that lead people to describe the work as patriotic are purely adventitious and have nothing to do with its æsthetic significance. Pot-Boilers
Although it has been sent by students from this side of the ocean to Europe for more than thirty years, it has not even adventitiously appeared. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species
Setting aside everything else in Religion, everything adventitious, local, and provisional; dissecting into the bone and marrow we find this—a correspondence which can never break with an Environment which can never change. Eternal Life
But what was 183 the true life of Collins, separated from its adventitious circumstances? Calamities and Quarrels of Authors
I am inclined to the view that here, as in 124 the preceding case, the resemblance to a vegetal growth is purely adventitious. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188
So far as they are concerned their beneficence is quite adventitious, their service supererogatory. Pot-Boilers
In the latest edition of Mr. Lister's work, the American form is entered as a variety in "hot-houses"; apparently adventitious; it is indeed related to the European form but is a geographic species. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species
At the present time in America and all the western European countries, there is a collective mind, a public opinion made up of the most adventitious and interesting elements. New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism
Strange that so brilliant a man, who needs no adventitious aids, should manifest such a weakness.' The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion
The error of those who have discussed mythological symbolism has been to trace a connection of such adventitious ideas beyond the symbol to its original meaning; whereas the symbol itself is the starting-point. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion
By cutting off the tops or pollarding such trees, a very great number of adventitious branches can be made to grow. Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination
It becomes evident, as we go forward, that in eastern North America there are forms not only not described in European literature, but really not, part of European flora, not even adventitiously. d. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species
Other shoots, however, will be produced from base, secondary and adventitious buds which, while less fruitful, can be used to form spurs for the starting of new arms. Manual of American Grape-Growing
What we thus effect is the elimination of corrupt and adventitious readings likely to cause error, and the recognition of suspected passages as such. Introduction to the Study of History
His lady of the good intentions was one Hannah Neighbour, an incorrigible infant whose eminently virtuous resolves produced the most vicious results without the adventitious aid of any extraordinary circumstances. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914
Then came the discovery that chemical force, or affinity, had only an adventitious existence, and that, at absolute zero, there was no such activity. The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena
Hence the recourse to adventitious leverage to push it in, to factitious drill to drive it in, to artificial bribe to lure it in. The Child and the Curriculum
Secondary shoots arising from main shoots.Water sprouts: Shoots arising from adventitious buds.Suckers: Manual of American Grape-Growing
No, these are not wholly adventitious sanctities; not empty, superfluous growths. The Book of Khalid
Equality of condition rendered them strangers alike, to the baneful distinctions created by wealth and other adventitious circumstances; and to envy, which gives additional virus to their venom. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State
Whether immediately upon the unbinding of a Dog, replenisht with adventitious blood, he will know and fawn upon his Master; and do the like customary things as before? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World
There was no object in having such an adventitious attraction as pearly teeth for her husband, who might be presumed to know what her attractions really were. The Empire of the East
The stock is then disbudded, taking both visible and adventitious buds, the latter indicated by woody enlargements, to keep down the number of suckers. Manual of American Grape-Growing
Why strip Man of his fancy appendages, his adventitious sanctities, if you are going to give him instead only a few yards of shoddy? The Book of Khalid
The excuse is just a little too adventitious to have convinced even those to whom it was originally addressed. Australian Writers
To consider merely the intrinsic excellence, and not the exterior splendour, or adventitious value, of any production will keep us perhaps wholly free from this disease. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance
And anybody that once knew you would judge you for yourself, and not upon any adventitious circumstances. Nobody
What we have in mind is not the measure of instruction or education, not the class or station or other adventitious circumstances, but the essential traits of his being. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
While the skin over the heel remains comparatively thin and delicate, that covering the lateral border and dorsum of the foot becomes the seat of callosities, beneath which adventitious bursæ are formed. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
This is followed by the development of numerous small, lateral branches from adventitious buds. The Pecan and its Culture
But one day all this admirable monotony came to an end quite adventitiously, and events came treading on each other’s heels. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905
Under its adventitious guidance we should strike the stage road at Bitter Creek, eighty or one hundred miles; thence trundle, veering southwestward, for the famed City of the Saints, near two hundred miles farther. Desert Dust
All this tends to give to city life a superficial and adventitious character; it tends to complicate social relationships and to produce new and divergent individual types. Introduction to the Science of Sociology
In France, the native deformity of this taste appears in its real light, without the colouring of any such adventitious circumstances as conceal it in this country. Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.
They are due mostly to adventitious circumstances which have nothing to do with the character of the agent. The Hero
The plastic arts begin, therefore, with adventitious ornament and with symbolism. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory
How proud she looks, yet modest, as one too sure of her innate nobility to need adventitious aid to impress others. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886
Humism thus says that its causality is something adventitious and not necessarily given when its other attributes are there. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
The former may be considered as displaying the ground-work, or the natural temperament, the other the superinduced adventitious character, derived from poverty and oppression. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810
His neighbors looked through externals to see what he was, stripped of all adventitious 144 circumstance. The Fighting Edge
The ornament is distributed so as to emphasize the aesthetic essence of the form; to idealize it even more, by adding adventitious interests harmoniously to the intrinsic interest of the lines of structure. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory
A shoot deprived of roots and dropped in some moist place is soon covered with bright green leaves and adventitious roots. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
In the first place it says there are no intrinsic natures that may change; in the second it says there are no adventitious relations. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy
Persian walnut, I find, unless it's way far down on the trunk of a tree, will not form adventitious buds. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950
Then she descended to her own drawing-room, and found Caroline sitting upright at the table, as though in grief she despised the adventitious aid and every-day solace of a sofa. The Bertrams
Not that he owed anything to the adventitious circumstances of wealth and rank; for he was not a place-loving courtier, "clothed in soft raiment or found in kings' courts." John the Baptist
Botanical Description.—A vine whose runners entwine themselves among the tops of the highest trees, giving off many adventitious roots which seek the earth. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
The relation of spoken sound to glyph is wholly adventitious; the relation of the idea to the spelled word is equally adventitious. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs
Religion is taken to be something adventitious or superimposed upon other beliefs, and we can therefore intelligibly ask whether it does good or harm. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill
Those who were fastidious in their requirements might object to them that they bore no dimple; but after all, it is only prettiness that requires a dimple: full-blown beauty wants no such adventitious aid. The Bertrams
The fact that the train had stopped was an adventitious happening like a cloud out there hovering in the sky. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais
Botanical Description.—A plant with a scaly rhizome and adventitious roots from which spring the stems, some of which bear leaves and others flowers. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
Such a response would indicate that adventitious shoots may arise from roots and that root cuttings may be successful. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953
This spring adventitious buds developed on several scions. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948
However, closer inspection showed that growth had entirely taken place from adventitious buds, and that the dead buds and spurs were still in evidence. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924
Sitting in there with his mother, it occurred to him that their relationship was merely a spoken list of adventitious occurrences recorded by the other's senses. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais
On every planet, no matter what the advancement of civilization, we shall find complete beings, not dependent on adventitious machinery for locomotion or labour, or on artificial or animal blood for nutriment. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner
Growth this summer from adventitious buds has been poor. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953
Not as adventitious, therefore, will the wise man regard the faith which is in him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866
Besides, I am not responsible for the caprice of fashion, nor for those adventitious circumstances which give currency to books, and which may sometimes compel us all to read what none of us heartily admires. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845
And as for regrets, any sentient being had regrets over negative, adventitious happenings. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais
Crusoe is not merely an adventurer; he is the human will, courage, resolution, stripped of all the adventitious support of society. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11
The others, all primary, are connate—viz., radical frame of mind and body—or adventitious. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics
Virtue, triumphant by the aid of adventitious force, or relying upon unconquerable pride and disdain to resist it, was the highest reach of their dynamic conceptions. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851
But all these accessories are, from our present point of view, accidental or adventitious. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions
Not even the popularity of Dickens should be invoked to lend an adventitious aid to art of another kind from his. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Another unusual method for propagating nut trees consists in facilitating the development of adventitious buds from the roots of some particularly desirable tree. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913
They are to judge by the evidence; and this is a rule which holds in other investigations as far as this, that nothing of an adventitious nature ought to be introduced into the process. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin
There is an end principally and directly intended in the thing, or work itself, and an end adventitious, and of the work. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
Now the point to which I wish to draw attention is, that so specialized and morphologically elaborate a structure cannot be regarded as merely adventitious. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions
Certainly not, if poverty induced no adventitious evils, involved nothing but a deficiency of the comforts of life, leaving life itself unimpaired. Deerbrook
I do not know at the present time how many species of nut trees will develop adventitious root buds, as my experiments have been confined to roots of the shagbark hickory, beech, and hazel. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913
Of fasting, poor girl, she had already too much for her bodily profit, without any adventitious use of it. For the Master's Sake A Story of the Days of Queen Mary
Both are alike extrinsic and adventitious to the cause, both are alike changeable. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
On the principles of naturalism, therefore, we are driven to conclude that the beauty here is purely adventitious, or accidental. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions
There was no sting in their poverty; no adventitious misery belonging to it. Deerbrook
Segments of roots of these three species when placed in sand, allowing an inch or so to protrude, will develop adventitious buds if they are kept warm and moist. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913
Nodes are glabrous and the lower nodes bear adventitious roots. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
But the alternative is the acceptance of Jefferson's doctrine that the fundamental rights of men are independent of adventitious differences, whether material or moral, and depend simply upon their manhood. A History of the United States
In the second place, resolve never to be misled by any adventitious circumstances. The Young Man's Guide
He wants all these adventitious excitements, but he has that within which is a greater excitement than all these. Rookwood
In accordance with these differences we have median, axillary, and extra-floral prolification, each admitting of subdivision into a leafy or a floral variety, according to the nature of the adventitious bud. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
On a close examination it will become evident that all the roots of a grass plant are adventitious. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
Setting aside everything else in Religion, everything adventitious, local, and provisional; dissecting in to the bone and marrow we find this—a correspondence which can never break with an Environment which can never change. Natural Law in the Spiritual World
Though as yet there has been little direct action for the prevention of adventitious deafness, there is an increasing concern in the matter, and in this there is promise. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
But their reliance at first was largely on the adventitious advantages which the college was supposed to possess for putting them in possession of their favorite branches of knowledge and culture. The Education of American Girls
In both forms the adventitious growth is much more frequently a flower-bud or an inflorescence than a leaf-bud or a branch. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Spectator:"— "It is not often that heroines of real life possess the adventitious attractions of a pretty name, or a charming person; but Grace Darling has both. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands
Like so many other adventitious but zealous movements, Labadism centred in its millennial hopes. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680
To be considered first is adventitious deafness as a whole. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
Naturally graceful, her figure was indebted to her modiste for every adventitious aid the art of modern dressmaking can bestow. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden
Prolification of the flower.—In the preceding sections the formation of adventitious buds of a leafy or floral nature on the inflorescence has been considered. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
With the Protestants some adventitious circumstances might make a particular church more fanatical and furious than another, and the Calvinists have deserved the palm for the bitterest persecution of witchcraft. The Superstitions of Witchcraft
If the center of the bud pulls out it will not grow although an adventitious bud may eventually start. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947
The lowest percentages of all are in the case where both parents are adventitiously deaf and neither has deaf relatives: 0.7 and 0.3. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
These adventitious aids may still possess a potent influence in selling a new book even to-day, but they have little effect on the sale of the books which gravitate towards the book-barrow. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting
Prolification of the flower is therefore median or axillary, and the adventitious bud itself may be of a leafy or a floral nature. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Since her charm was less an expression of an inner quality, she needed more than Moya the adventitious aids of dress. The Highgrader
At times however Lyly can dispense with such adventitious aids. John Lyly
There are two kinds of deafness—adventitious and congenital. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
This latter process of self-deception, in which the individual conceals the real foundation of his thought by a series of adventitious props, is termed 'rationalization.' Human Traits and their Social Significance
It will be seen, from the appended list, that the orders and genera in which this description of adventitious growth occurs most frequently are the following:—Cruciferæ, especially the genus Brassica; Caryophyllaceæ, e.g. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
In pursuing the chase in this spirit, the sportsman is by no means precluded from indulgence in the adventitious specialties that delight the commonest bibliomaniac. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
I shall hope to make it appear that the saving grace of morality is directly operative in life; needing no proof from any adventitious source, because it proves itself under observation. The Moral Economy
Of the total number of cases adventitious deafness comprises nearly two-thirds, and congenital deafness a little over one-third. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
Their industries again, through the wise help of the State and other adventitious aids are capturing foreign markets. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches
It occasionally happens that an adventitious bud arises from the axil of a monocarpellary pistil. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
On the other hand, there are large communities who, addressing themselves to acquire wealth and riches, care very little for the adventitious advantages of social state. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
These adventitious ornaments were greatly appreciated, and from year to year they were increased and perfected. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance
From our knowledge concerning adventitious deafness, the probabilities are that, if anything, it is decreasing; while the evidence as to congenital deafness is that it is decreasing. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
In the realm of knowledge also the great achievements have been won only by men with determined purpose and without any adventitious aids. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches
For other cases of prolification or the adventitious formation of buds on leaves, roots, &c., see under Heterotaxy. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
He must not alone arrange the circumstances of his story, but he must perform the hero, and that, too, as we saw lately at Padua, without any adventitious aid of dress or costume. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
All this is necessary to give the greater or adventitious value; as in the present instance, the medal is to be, at once, an historical record and a reward of distinguished merit. The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
From three-fifths to two-thirds of the cases of deafness are caused adventitiously—by accident or disease. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
Their industries again, through the wise help of the State and other adventitious aids, are capturing foreign markets. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches
Thus the production of adventitious roots on the stem of the vine is considered to be due to untoward circumstances impairing the proper action of the ordinary subterranean roots. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
New manufacturing concerns grew up, large and small, as a result of these adventitious conditions, which paid enormous returns. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times.
Crabbe made no such appeal, and he has not the adventitious assistance that association with a religious sect affords.  Immortal Memories
In respect to present activities for the prevention of adventitious deafness, we find the situation very much like that of marking time. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
It is an evident Xylaria and seems to be same as recently collected, adventitious in a hot house in Hungary, and distributed as Xylaria hungarica. Synopsis of Some Genera of the Large Pyrenomycetes Camilla, Thamnomyces, Engleromyces
I have seen many specimens of adventitious roots produced on the olive in the way just mentioned. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
But Captain A— was fond of courts-martial; he imagined that they added to his consequence, which certainly required to be upheld by adventitious aid. The King's Own
In some trees you have a lot of adventitious buds that are still there and never forced out. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951
There is thus a considerable sphere for action towards the prevention of adventitious deafness both by legislation and by education. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
I am afraid the lecture will not have the aid of such pleasant adventitious attractions. Gryll Grange
Increased intensity of colour often accompanies teratological changes; an instance has just been alluded to in the Gesnera; the feather hyacinth, Muscari comosum, furnishes another illustration, the adventitious pedicels being brightly coloured. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
In the one on "Beautiful Women" precise details were given as to the adventitious causes contributing to her own sylph-like figure, glossy hair and pearly teeth, etc., and a number of prescriptions were also offered. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert
Tung does not form dormant buds, but will form those adventitious buds. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951
Our main interest in the problem of adventitious deafness lies in the possible discovery whether or not it is relatively increasing or decreasing among the population, and in what respects signs appear of a diminution. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
Give me the Martyr Sex, who sacrifice ease and convenience, without having any adventitious principle whatever to compensate for and support them under their sufferings. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852
They are arranged with reference to the number of adventitious organs, beginning with those in which the number was smallest, and proceeding thence to those in which it was greatest. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
When being converted into woody matter it also forms adventitious buds which under certain favorable circumstances will emit shoots of the same character as the graft from which it was derived. Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
Perhaps on one-year wood you have no adventitious buds. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951
Whether or not adventitious deafness is increasing in respect to the general population, the table does not disclose definitely. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
Not that on the present occasion their charms were very greatly enhanced by the adventitious aid of dress; far from it—but the present opportunity is as good as any to describe their appearance. The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba
In some cases it has not been possible to ascertain whether the adventitious organs were really restorations of the numerical symmetry, substitutions of one part for another, stamen for petal, &c., or wholly adventitious productions. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
By his marriage with a niece of the celebrated Lord Somers, he strengthened his political interest, which, however, it required few adventitious circumstances to secure. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.
On two-year wood frequently small adventitious buds will grow. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951
Our next inquiry is in respect to the increase or decrease of adventitious deafness from the several diseases individually, which is, upon the whole, the more satisfactory test. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
The quality of his sermons did not grow threadbare under this adventitious criticism: he kept a serene front, lost no authority, nor failed of any unction. Little Novels of Italy
If the adventitious carpels be exposed, they are covered with yellow rind, while those portions that are covered by the primary carpels are destitute of rind. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
With regard to the foregoing classification, it must be borne in mind that the properties and effects of pigments are much influenced by adventitious circumstances. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
MEMBER: Do I understand that most any place along that tree trunk there are adventitious buds? Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951
If deafness in the parent is really adventitious, there is little possibility of its passing on to the offspring. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
But a quarter of a century later this adventitious interest would have evaporated, and the success of Chapman's play would be due less to its theme than to its qualities of style and construction. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois
In proliferous flowers the pistil is often completely defective, its place being occupied by the adventitious bud or axis. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
"I am content if the others are willing—not that for me the pleasure of playing against you needs any such—er—adventitious stimulus." Major Vigoureux
Its reward is itself, the sweet, enthralling relationship, not any adventitious gain it promises, either in the present, or for the future. Friendship
For further statistics, we may revert to our tables under adventitious deafness. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
Experience has proved that great as the love of truth may be among men, it can be made still greater by adventitious rewards. Memories and Studies
In prolification and in multiplication the adventitious structures are of independent origin. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
But to rest in symbols is fatal, since they are at best but the “adventitious wrappages” of life. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History
Truth is a treasure of intrinsic value, and will retain its worth after the adventitious and forced estimate put upon party views and popular representations shall have passed away. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth
Nearly all adventitious deafness is caused by some disease of infancy or childhood attacking the middle or internal ear, a large part being of infectious character. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
Mrs. Dutton brought with her one child, the beautiful girl introduced to the reader, and to whom she was studiously imparting all she had herself acquired in the adventitious manner mentioned. The Two Admirals
It differed from most other examples of prolification in that the axis was not prolonged, the adventitious bud occupying precisely the position of the three lobes of the ovary that were absent. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The principle once recognized, that opera not in the vernacular of the country can never have more than an incidental and adventitious importance, has always been maintained in France. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
Shylock was presented the next season for the sake of adventitious popularity that would thus accrue to the piece. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages
Our evidence is incomplete to determine definitely whether adventitious deafness is increasing or decreasing relatively among the population; but it is hardly other than likely that it is decreasing. The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States
The failure of Impeachment, though fatal to his success, did not dissipate the support which his long services and marked fidelity had commanded, without any of the adventitious aids of power. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860
In other cases, doubtless, the carpellary whorl is alone repeated, the other whorls of the adventitious flower being completely absent. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
A curious example illustrative of possible transformation by adventitious circumstances is found in the collection from the province of ancient Tusayan. Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art. Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-1883, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 437-466.
Without these adventitious aids the cavalry penetrated the northern defiles of the hills, following substantially the route taken by all the ancient invaders from the north. With Our Army in Palestine
Without adventitious favour and in spite of many bitter antipathies, he was to become the acknowledged head of English literature, and the welcome companion of all the most eminent men of his time. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series
The system of ordination, like that of kinship, is characterized by reckoning from the ego and by adventitious associations. The Siouan Indians
Axillary prolification is the term applied to those cases wherein one or more adventitious buds spring from the axils of one or more of the parts of the flower. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Both shine from their native, distinct, unborrowed merits, not from those which are foreign, adventitious, and unnatural. Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies
It needed only the fire of Rousseau to burn out the adventitious ornamentation which in the shape of that monarch's personal glorification still prevented the naked structure from being seen in all its clearness. Mediaeval Socialism
There is no attempt on the part of nature to form an adventitious cord on the left side. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
While occupation and skill incline one towards severity and economy, leisure and unlimited means involve relaxation and demand the adventitious interest of decoration. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought
It would seem more consistent with the general arrangements of parts, that the adventitious buds should be formed more frequently outside than within the flower proper. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Almost all the names of the Gods in Greece were adventitious, having been brought thither from Egypt. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.
Is one more adventitious born Than others—shekels richer, honors fuller, and all that— That he can pass his fellows by with lofty scorn, Nor even show this slight regard—the lifting of the hat? Poems Vol. IV
In some instances liberation of adhesions will favor the formation of adventitious vocal cords. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
There is, then, no essential need of adventitious accompaniments or results to justify and pay the good, or to condemn and torture the bad, here or hereafter. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
The huge gnaurs and burrs met with occasionally on some trees often produce great quantities, not only of adventitious buds, but of roots also. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The changes now detected in response are therefore due to no adventitious circumstance, but to the reagent itself. Response in the Living and Non-Living
The works of both are distinguished by contempt for adventitious ornaments and for the grace of positive colour. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series
An adventitious band indistinguishable from the original one has replaced the lost cord. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
As far as merely this purpose is concerned, he might have accomplished it as effectually, perhaps, and more directly, by exposing the adventitious errors without assailing the great doctrine around which they had been gathered. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
The adventitious growth in these cases appears to arise from the tufts of spines, which, it has been suggested, are the homologues of the sepals. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
It was wonderful to see any one so devoid of any glamour, of any adventitious aid from nature, who yet so beamed. Franklin Kane
Here then is a slight but charming story of romance, supported through the length of a whole play by all the adventitious aids which Greene can command. The Growth of English Drama
If the arytenoid motility has been uninjured the repeated pulls on the scar tissue may draw out adventitious bands and develop a loud, useful, though perhaps rough and inflexible voice. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
Yet it is a practical necessity that any great popular faith, if it rests on authority, will be shocked and weakened by everything which shocks and weakens that authority, no matter how adventitious it is. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
Here, too, may also be mentioned the presence of an adventitious siliqua within the ordinary one attached along the same line as the ovules, and partially divided by a replum into two cavities. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
We shall ask that they train their children to be broad and just enough to judge men and women by their intrinsic merit rather than by the adventitious circumstances of race or color or creed. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro
If it were a matter of taste, as indeed it must be, her instinct, he felt, was singularly correct, for such adventitious aids could add nothing to her beauty. The Mayor of Warwick
I had no doubt but that his care was for myself alone, and that he regarded as little as I the adventitious circumstances of wealth and standing which I intended to cast from me. Daisy in the Field
With great earnestness it was urged, that from artificial or adventitious causes, the commerce between the United States and Great Britain had exceeded its natural boundary. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States
Looking from the leader downward to the first tier of laterals, there appeared to have been a number of adventitious leaf-buds created, owing to the coronal bud being destroyed. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The group, however, assembled in one of these ancient rooms needed not the aid of adventitious ornament to betray the nobility of birth, and those exalted and chivalric feelings inherent to their rank. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History
In an attempt to continue with its own identity, the stock will bring into activity adventitious buds. Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin
Donatello, whose sense of light and shade was acutely developed, least required the adventitious aid of colour. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres
In the lower extremity, a large number of normal and adventitious bursæ are met with and may be the seat of bursitis. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
All that the operator requires to attend to is the amputation of the laterals until this adventitious fellow has gained a supremacy. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Now the latter," i.e. those which are adventitious, "are habits and dispositions, differing in the point of being easily or difficultly lost. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition
That good is not an intrinsic or primary quality, but relative and adventitious, is clearly betrayed by Mr. Russell's own way of arguing, whenever he approaches some concrete ethical question. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion
Donatello has succeeded in conveying the sense of desolating tragedy without any adventitious aid of violence or movement. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres
An adventitious bursa forms over the acromion process in porters and others who carry weights on the shoulder, and may be the seat of traumatic bursitis. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition.
These adventitious carpels frequently contain imperfect ovules and form a whorl above the normal ones. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
For there are many shapes, and passion-like qualities, which are not natural but adventitious: and there are also many dispositions which are not adventitious but natural, as health, beauty, and the like. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition
The affinity which the human mind may develop to certain provinces of essence is adventitious to those essences, and hardly to be mentioned in their presence. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion
She was dressed with a charming simplicity, which well became a sylph like form, that required no adventitious aid from art. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales
The adventitious qualities are habits and passions, by virtue of which a man is inclined to one thing rather than to another. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition
Mention has also been made of the presence of adventitious buds on leaves and in other situations. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Thymus serpyllum, and Gray says it's not native, but adventitious from Europe. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life
Moreover, one trait in his character strongly indicates the pride of the masterful man of action who scorns all adventitious advantages and claims to stand or fall by his own merits. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913
Grammatic similarities are not supposed to furnish evidence of cognation, but to be phenomena, in part relating to stage of culture and in part adventitious. Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142
He had many adventitious things to offer her—such advantages as modern civilization has made desirable to hothouse women—but he could not give the clean, splendid youth she craved. The Big-Town Round-Up
The adventitious petal or scale is an excrescence or an outgrowth from the primary organ, and formed subsequently to it. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
He marked the boats as they came up from Abingdon, drawn by horses, laden with commodities; or shot down the swift stream without such adventitious aid. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars
They do not admire the austere determination of these young men to make their work independent and self-supporting and unbeholden to adventitious dainties. Art
All of these characteristics are in part adventitious, but to a large extent the gender is a phenomenon of growth, indicating the stage to which the language has attained. Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142
His thoughts were of a character to shine by their own light, without any adventitious aid. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
As in the hazel, the direction of the adventitious leaf is inversely that of the primary one, the upper surface of the supernumerary leaflet being turned towards the corresponding surface of the normal leaf. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The connection is not inherently logical, but, on the contrary, wholly adventitious. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy
Whatever it be, no doubt it is often found in company with other qualities; but they are adventitious—it is essential. Art
It may even be possible that some of the similarities used in combining languages into families may, on further study, prove to be adventitious, and the number may be increased thereby. Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142
By all these adventitious aids Vice-President McVickar was profiting on the Saturday morning following the mysterious disappearance on the Friday of the gasolene unit-car somewhere between Bald Butte and the capital. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush
It should be stated that five and six adventitious leaflets are found almost as frequently as four. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Certainly adventitious circumstances were averse to that first love of hers, for, however much appearances were against him, the lock of hair which had decided her destiny was no love token of Du Meresq's. Bluebell A Novel
A profession is usually adventitious, made by chance views, or by family arrangements. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
Not only do such resemblances exist, but they have been discovered and pointed out, not as mere adventitious similarities, but as proof of genetic relationship. Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142
It took its rise from an apparently adventitious circumstance. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham.
Again, the existence of adventitious stamens does not necessarily imply the development of organs usually suppressed, inasmuch as they may result from the assumption by the lateral petals of staminal characteristics. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Further—and this is very rare—it owes nothing to the adventitious aid of the costumier. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14
The love of men and women is probably more powerful and less in need of adventitious support than either patriotism or religion. Woman in Modern Society
Listen, Jack. —to establish and maintain a high social standing with no adventitious aids. The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure
If it will admit of any adventitious aid, it may perhaps be, in a very subordinate degree, mezzotint and aquatint. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844
Here there was a row of adventitious carpels between the stamens and pistils, the backs of the carpels being turned towards the axis of the flowers. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The Republican cause must not be intrusted to its adventitious allies, but to its undoubted friends. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics
The power to distinguish between the genuine effort and the adventitious mistakes is perhaps the most difficult test which comes to our fallible intelligence. Democracy and Social Ethics
No nation is perhaps less influenced by mere opinion, less inclined to value men by their adventitious advantages: the Italian has the courage and the independence of his personality. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots
There was no room for a display of the adventitious bravery which often becomes in reality the thing it strives to appear. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849
Enation from foliar organs—Leaves.—The development of adventitious lobes from leaves may take place either from their surfaces or their margins. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
These circumstances were partly private and personal; partly adventitious and partly of his own making. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics
If they are impressed by the historical character of Gotama, they conclude that all legends with a supernatural tinge must be late and adventitious. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1
It was precisely what he had expected, feared—the adventitious illusion! The Three Black Pennys A Novel
The root of the Irish trouble, adventitiously connected with religion, lay, and lies still, in the Irish political system. The Framework of Home Rule
In cabbage leaves a formation of adventitious laminæ projecting at right angles from the primary one may frequently be observed. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Indeed, very probably he drew some deductions in his own intuitive way, without any adventitious aid. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics
And to things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12)
Her heart pounded unsteadily beneath an adventitious lace covering; her face was leaden with startling daubs of vermilion paint. The Three Black Pennys A Novel
The professionally irregular class of women represents an extreme and unfortunate result of an adventitious and not-completely-functional relation to society. Sex and Society
The colour of the adventitious segments was paler on the outside than on the inner surface, as in the corolla itself. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
She really needed no such adventitious support, she said. The Wings of the Morning
There was a change in the appearance of the house, an adventitious brightness that indicated the rise in the fortunes of the family. The Inheritors
It is a circumstance concerning which I can be brief; for, horrible as it is, I have no wish to dress it in any adventitious colours. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood
In connection also with the adventitious position of woman referred to in another paper,277 the feminine interests and habits are set so strongly toward dress and personal display that they are not readily diverted. Sex and Society
Formation of hairs, spines, &c.—The adventitious production of hairs is likewise frequently due to an arrested growth, in some cases arising from pressure impeding the proper development of the organ. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Thus, superiority in the field rendered them indifferent to the adventitious protection of ramparts. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844
I like to gaze on that adventitious cow. Jaffery
For there may be other wayes, which though they do not in so strict a sense belong to the adventitious Colours of Metals, may not inconveniently be reduc'd to them. Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)
This peasant woman represents the true female type, and the American women in the scene represent the adventitious type of woman. Sex and Society
In a species of Picrasma, in which the leaves are impari-pinnate and spread horizontally, an adventitious leaflet was observed to project at right angles to the plane of the primary leaf. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
Nevertheless with the Brahman this is adventitious, with the Buddhist it is essential. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow
There is a characteristic manliness about Heywood's patriotism which gives a certain adventitious interest to his thinnest or homeliest work on any subject admitting or requiring the display of such a quality. The Age of Shakespeare
Hence it is not merely adventitious,—a corporation of individual interests, but that organic unity of natural life and interest in which the members are bound up. The Christian Home
These are the original soils; other substances may be considered as adventitious to this soil, though natural to the surface of the earth, which is covered with plants and animals. Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4)
It appeared from some transitional forms that the adventitious leaflet, just mentioned, was due to the exaggerated development of this gland, but no clue was afforded as to the origin of the ascidium. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
He is an adventitious addition to the epic. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow
What can be done, however, and it seldom is attempted, is to make inquiry into the phenomenon which shall not merely consider its fragmentary and adventitious aspects, but strive to get at its inner essence. Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado
Coffee-berries readily imbibe exhalations from other bodies, and thereby acquire an adventitious and disagreeable flavour. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 578, December 1, 1832
He had been the most frequent entertainer of adventitious prose. The Divine Fire
But this is only an adventitious means of prevention. Poise: How to Attain It
The few other tales are late and adventitious additions, but this is a consistent trait. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow
The rumour-monger became a character, a siege character, an adventitious celebrity, destined to receive attention from a facetious press and the tongues of men. The Siege of Kimberley
Caste, though distinctly denounced by their sacred hooks, and ostensibly disavowed by the Singhalese themselves, still exists in their veneration for rank, whether hereditary or adventitious. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore
In many Dicotyledons and most Monocotyledons, the primary root soon perishes, and its place is taken by adventitious roots developed from the stem. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
Religious agnosticism, like all other forms of the theory of nescience, derives its plausibility from the adventitious help it purloins from the knowledge which it condemns. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher
On the other hand, in reading the Atharvan hymns the collective impression is decidedly this, that what to the Rig is adventitious is essential to the Atharvan. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow
Not that they eschew adventitious means to blanch their sun-shadowed tints. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875
Such elements are wickedly insidious; it is difficult to believe when one is bored that one would not be bored but for some such adventitious matter. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
Leaf-buds occasionally arise from the roots, when they are called adventitious; this occurs in many fruit trees, poplars, elms and others. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
He expresses the unalloyed sensibility of an artist in terms of delicious contemporary life and gives us, adventitiously, romance. Since Cézanne
What occurs appears to be of adventitious character. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow
However that may be, there can be little doubt that a great number of the readers of Browning think them beside the mark and adventitious. Robert Browning
Antonyms: rejection, refusal. accessory, a. accompanying, accessary, contributory, subservient, subsidiary. accident, n. casualty, mishap, contretemps, mischance, contingency. accidental, a. casual, fortuitous; incidental, nonessential, adventitious. accidentally, adv. unintentionally, casually, fortuitously. Putnam's Word Book
Metre is but adventitious to composition, and the phraseology for which that passport is necessary, even where it may be graceful at all will be little valued by the judicious. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations
There is such a thing as civilized art, but its civility lies in adventitious and subsidiary qualities—in the means, not in the end. Since Cézanne
This produces a strange, irritating impression, as of something disharmonious, something lacking, and also of something superfluous and adventitious. Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev
And they are modern: treating problems of character and milieu, they disdain the adventitious aids of eloquence and theatrical splendor, and speak to us with the directness, often with the bluntness, of nature herself. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig
Antonym: occiput. foreign, a. alien, extraneous, exotic, peregrine; remote, adventitious, inappropriate. foreigner, n. alien; emigrant, immigrant. Putnam's Word Book
Now the idols, or phantoms, by which the mind is occupied are either adventitious or innate. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations
In doing so he may, adventitiously, throw light on something more interesting than the past; he may adumbrate the outline of the coming movement. Since Cézanne
For example, the non-essential or adventitious accompaniments of an invariable antecedent may also be invariable antecedents; but they are not unconditional, only collateral or indirect. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1
Some same-name marriages would of course be purely adventitious; so, to eliminate this element of chance, he obtained from the Registrar General's Report the frequency of occurrence of the various surnames in England. Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population
If these rules are so liable to vary, through adventitious notions, we should find them clearest in children and in persons wholly illiterate. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
The adventitious come into the mind from without; namely, either from the doctrines and sects of philosophers, or from perverse rules of demonstration. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations
Our Lord has accepted life on its lowest economic terms in order that nothing in His mission shall flow from adventitious aids. Our Lady Saint Mary
There is, however, nothing adventitious about this, for, in general, a more personal, original life is flourishing in our bourgeoisie than there was twenty years ago. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
In his first knowledge of them as seen together, they showed strong, generous, sure of purpose, a glamour of high romance in their adventitious meeting and companionship. Deadham Hard
There are three books; the first treating of Human Nature and Happiness; the second, of Laws of Nature and Duties, previous to Civil Government and other adventitious states; the third, of Civil Polity. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
To what could this depreciation, and to what could the late insurrection at Dominica, be imputed, which had been saved from horrid carnage and midnight-butchery only by the adventitious arrival of two British regiments? The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808) Volume II
Here, again, it is exceedingly difficult to obtain trustworthy evidence, and to free the effects of the pure physiological experiment from adventitious influences. Critiques and Addresses
For the nineteenth century original types of this kind—where they still happen to exist—are quite adventitious; for the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were essential. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
Müller, declining adventitious aid, wandered among the ladies, making himself universally agreeable and trusting for a partner to his own unassisted efforts. In the Days of My Youth
The mouth circular, with three large teeth, the one above frequently obscured by adventitious substances, very acute, ascending, and a little recurved. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1
But the rod and the hounds are merely adventitious attractions to Dulverton. Somerset
The average man was but a sorry creature, and required adventitious aids for his development. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1
Their social relations were based on personal equality, varied only by the accident of superior talents, address or enterprise, and as yet but little modified by wealth or its adventitious circumstances. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio
As law supplies the weak with adventitious strength, it likewise enlightens the ignorant with extrinsick understanding. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces
It is of a greenish colour, but this may be adventitious, although general and uniform throughout the specimen. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1
Yet it should be added that the above statement is not made by way of extenuation; for, to say the truth, it needs no such adventitious aid. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 539, March 24, 1832
"The whole thing is so silly and adventitious!" O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
Second only to Burke in the grandeur and richness of his imagery, he greatly excelled him in readiness, in tact, and in those adventitious advantages which go so far to make an orator. Collections and Recollections
In explaining such meanings as seem accidental and adventitious, I shall endeavour to give an account of the means by which they were introduced. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces
But that which gave worth to man in Christ's eyes lay beneath all these merely adventitious circumstances of his life, in his naked humanity, in what he was, or might be, in himself. The Teaching of Jesus
Ordinary pigments are never pure, and the test colours may be distinguished by those of their adventitious hues to which the partly colour-blind man may be sensitive. Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development
Trade and travel began, at first only a trade in adventitious things, in metals and rare objects and luxuries and slaves. An Englishman Looks at the World
Here, by a process of growth but little removed from the normal, portions of stems develop adventitious roots, and by the dying away of the connecting links may become independent plants. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886
But Shakespeare always makes nature predominate over accident; and, if he preserves the essential character, is not very careful of distinctions superinduced and adventitious. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces
Its plot is weak and meagre—but it is still simple and natural, and has not borrowed any of those adventitious aids to which we have alluded above. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828
This circumstance adds nothing, of course, to the intrinsic value of the instrument; but it is of consequence to the maker, in giving an adventitious quality to the article in which he deals. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 369, May 9, 1829
He had removed a bushy pair of whiskers which he sported in Glasgow, and had added to his adventitious characteristics a pair of green spectacles. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII
The wisdom of thus removing the whole of the adventitious horn may be questioned. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
To this rapid sketch of a man rising to distinction without the adventitious aids of hereditary patrimony, wealth, or early friends, it requires little to be added to show the value of self-dependence. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
That there is a profound moral significance in this fiction all will see; but I am of opinion that it is accidental and adventitious. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent
That land of promise presents in itself sufficient allurements to our young and enterprising citizens without any adventitious aid. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 5, part 4: James Buchanan
Count up your injuries, in its side-dishes of ailing sweetbreads in white poultices, of apothecaries’ powders in rice for curry, of pale stewed bits of calf ineffectually relying for an adventitious interest on forcemeat balls.  The Uncommercial Traveller
Finally, the principle of preparation makes necessary recourse on a large scale to the use of adventitious motives of pleasure and pain. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education
I never perceived that a public officer in America was the less respected whilst he was in the discharge of his duties because his own merit was set off by no adventitious signs. Democracy in America — Volume 1
The nodules or "adventitious joints" were the result of imperfect ossification, or, in other words, of motion before ossification was completed. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Things he did, no matter how adventitious or spontaneous, struck the popular imagination as remarkable. Burning Daylight
But here "naked Besse," means only a woman who, in contradistinction to a lady of rank, has no adventitious qualities to recommend her. The Lucasta Poems
If he is not out of debt, if he must discharge old scores with these 200-cent dollars, he is being deprived of his adventitious good fortune resulting from foreign crop failures. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10
Religion is a beautiful, an enchanting thing if you do but look at it with the natural eye; but when you employ the adventitious aid of the skeptic's microscope you find flaws enough. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01
How is it that a fatal organization, the organization of humanity, is adventitious, contradictory, full of tumult and catastrophes? System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery
He scarcely knew a hard chair from a soft one, and he possessed a talent for stretching his legs which quite dispensed with adventitious facilities. The American
Footsteps began stamping up and down the bare stairs, the comers inspecting the goods, some of which were of so quaint and ancient a make as to acquire an adventitious value as art. Jude the Obscure
That Crane, actuated by some motive occult to Lanyard, had engineered this apparently adventitious rencontre for the purpose of throwing him and the Brooke girl together? The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf
It moved him to see her vivacity of life, her appealingly warm color, slowly dulled by Salem and the adventitious circumstance of her birth. Java Head
The same adventitious causes which gave birth to the book determined its scene and its general character. The Spy
"If adventitious virtue," I argued, "can spring up from unsuspected seed and without the big roots of character—" "You think," interrupted Gregory, "there's a fresh chance for me." Strong Hearts
The abundance of his own mind left him little need of adventitious sentiments; his wit always could suggest what the occasion demanded. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
And yet it is but an adventitious honour, which will soon fade, if it be not sustained by personal character and real excellence. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I
Divest it of these adventitious Graces, and this sweet language of theirs will appear so homely, as to be scarcely worth noticing. Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker.
Still, if the plants are set deep enough to prevent adventitious buds of the stock from starting and the grower is alert, this difficulty is reduced to a minimum. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
The curtains stirred in a breeze from the out-of-doors whose domain swept with country greenness and adventitious care away from the window under the high brilliance of the sun. Quaint Courtships
Burlesque consists in a disproportion between the style and the sentiments, or between the adventitious sentiments and the fundamental subject. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
The ex-Chancellor of the German Empire owed nothing of his unique career to adventitious advantages. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places
I was certain, that there was more in me than the world had seen; and I was ambitious of proving that I had some personal merit, independently of the adventitious circumstances of rank and fortune. Tales and Novels — Volume 04
Wordsworth was determined to owe nothing to such an adventitious cause. A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare
They find the fact of being in love so entirely satisfying to the ideal, that they seek nothing adventitious from circumstance to heighten their tremendous consciousness. Quaint Courtships
To the accidental or adventitious parts, as to every thing human, some slight exceptions may be made; but the main fabrick is immovably supported. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
Reviewing it all, he thought to detect something too damnably adventitious in the way she had nailed him, back there in the corridor of Troyon's. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama
But such is the adventitious charm of fancy, that we find men who have violated the best principles of society, and ruined their fame and their fortune, that they might possess a woman of rank.' Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780
It had before been shewn to some persons in London: whose indifference toward it may probably be explain'd when it is consider'd that it came to their hands under no circumstances of adventitious recommendation. The Farmer's Boy A Rural Poem
When fully matured, it appears like a wonderful adventitious faculty—a power of evading the sight, of not seeing, what is obviously and glaringly presented to view on all sides. An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance
But he does not confine himself within the limits of rigorous comparison; his great excellence is amplitude; and he expands the adventitious image beyond the dimensions which the occasion required. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
My power at its zenith, and my character being known, I can afford to lay aside much of that adventitious splendour which adds nothing to true dignity. Tales and Novels — Volume 07
The fourth Eclogue unfortunately has been so long and so deeply associated with purely adventitious ideas that it requires a considerable effort to read it as it ought to be read. Latin Literature
Milton's theory as to the true mode of handling a biblical subject was, as I have said, to add no more dressing, or adventitious circumstance, than should assist the conception of the sacred verity. Milton
Hickey, by firing prematurely, lent him adventitious aid. The Brass Bowl
I never perceived that a public officer in America was the less respected while he was in the discharge of his duties because his own merit was set off by no adventitious signs. American Institutions and Their Influence
Yet the acquisition of knowledge was never with Wasson for its own sake, though a good deal of adventitious knowledge came to him incidentally, but always for the attainment of wisdom. Sketches from Concord and Appledore
I conjectured, instantly, that he had felt, if not an actual dread of the mutineers, at least a doubt as to his ability to quell them and a need for all possible adventitious aids. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire
There is nothing permanent or lasting about a place in politics gained in this adventitious way. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him
Single-handed it is in vain for me to commence a struggle, which, with all adventitious advantages, will require the utmost exertion of energy, skill, and patience. The Rise of Iskander
Great as these adventitious advantages are, they have been further increased by British energy and enterprise. The Englishwoman in America
That a man of his speculative vigour, knowing so many extra-Hellenic races, should have hit upon one or two good things adventitiously is only to be expected. Old Calabria
The form of her head was so good that she could dare to carry it without a chignon, or any adventitious adjuncts from an artiste's shop. The Eustace Diamonds
The various sums derived from ladies were regarded merely as adventitious income. Alone
But, apart from any adventitious claims to our attention, the sound possesses intrinsic merits and pleases for its own sake. Birds in Town and Village
The single stem of youth frequently deteriorates and occasionally disappears altogether, adventitious roots, descending from various heights, forming an elaborate and sure and ever-developing support. Tropic Days
We therefore conclude that neither intelligence or consciousness, nor being a knowing agent, constitutes the essence of the soul, but that consciousness is a mere adventitious or occasional attribute. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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