| 单词 | causeless |
| 例句 | As we shook hands he burst into a loud, seemingly causeless laugh; and as he guffawed I could not tell whether his mirth was directed at me or was meant to hide his uneasiness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I brooded for a long time about the seemingly causeless beating of the “black” boy by the “white” man and the more questions I asked the more bewildering it all became. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s pushy, impulsive, impetuous, self-refuting, sort of causelessly rebellious and irreverent. What Makes an Essay American 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Cuban authorities do not see Bruguera as a causeless rebel so much as a calculated provocateur, backed by anti-Castro forces abroad, who is swooping in for a political stunt. Cuban artist pushes boundary between art and politics, and pays a price 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The host of heaven, that seemed in causeless dispersion, he marshalled into order, and bound in safest discipline. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Everybody must remember the apparently causeless panic that seized the various European governments only a few years ago. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 2012-04-03T02:00:30.460Z "Nay," was the quiet answer; "for it is written, 'As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse, causeless, shall not come.'" Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z Behold what ignominy of causeless wrongs I suffer from the gods, myself a god! The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z This was one of her causeless hatreds with which she was perpetually struggling. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z Jim Long was not the man to perpetrate a causeless jest. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Then, too, the Master had somehow acquired a most causeless and cordial dislike for the Wall Street Farmer. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z I expected to have to spend some weeks in Naples, but it turned out that young Jack had given us all a causeless scare. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z I listened to the hopeless lamentation;—heard it quicken into rapid utterance, sink into the low inward voice, then burst into causeless energy;—and I felt that I was near the haunt of madness. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z He could not realise the fact of his son’s death; it was so entirely causeless and so terribly sudden. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z F illustrates both the essential harmlessness—nay, naturalness—of such an experiment, and the causeless fear which it may engender even in rational and serious minds. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Quite persuaded of this, Alice takes her candle, determined to scold that troublesome old thing, against whom she is fired with the irritation that attends on a causeless fright. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z In his account of the battle, General Early alludes to its outcome and finality as a causeless panic started by the break of his left division under General Gordon, followed by Kershaw’s and other troops. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Barren boredom, a wearing contempt, and a causeless weariness dog me everywhere, surrounding me like poisonous vapors. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z She was mentally affected also, seeming haunted by an unceasing causeless terror. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z She assured herself that he had causelessly repulsed her. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z I cannot think the people of this country in the loyal states would causelessly inaugurate civil war by attacking the Government; and I regard all the states as loyal, which have not undertaken to secede. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z "So you are Lucille de Charrebourg?" said the figure, looking at her with that expression of malice, which is all the more fearful that it appears causeless. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z In the meantime, the same powers that have engineered the apparently causeless strengthening and weakening of the cotton market, have seized upon stricken Germany to be the sweatshop of the world. The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem 2011-10-16T02:00:19.257Z However, lay your causeless envy by; He is a rival, who must quickly die. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z An hysterical tendency, which she had always possessed, became more marked; it revealed itself by palpitations, occasional dysphagia, and a disposition to weep causelessly. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z He thought of those four years of driving drudgery and causeless dread, and hated Hadley as the quintessence of cheating. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Everybody is jealous of everybody else, no matter how absurdly or causelessly. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z “No—oh, no,” said Lois, driving back the tears at this causeless injury. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Nightmares and causeless apprehensions in the day also afflicted the nervous and sensitive girl, and she had "hardly any respite from terror." Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z Another man suddenly and causelessly kills a friend. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z This causeless change, this heart-breaking wintertime of the affections, is one of the hardest things of all to bear. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z My dear," said the Staatsr�thin, controlling herself, "you agitate yourself causelessly. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z We are apt to fancy causeless disaster to those we love; the amount of “worry” more or less willingly indulged in by uncontrolled minds seems at times enough to swamp the understanding. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Sister Pullet's eternal tears become wearisome, and lose their effect by causeless and ceaseless repetition; and surely sister Grigg could not have been always such an unmitigated Gorgon! Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z If so, he will rather admire your caution than blame you for mistrust; natural, because not causeless.” The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z One does not so quickly and causelessly resign what one loves. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z The incredible and brutal challenge of Lieutenant A——, the causeless duel, and the death he had been forced to inflict on one who, for his father's sake, he almost loved, appeared before him. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z This vertigo, this terror, this downfall into ruin of the loftiest bravery which ever astounded history—is that causeless? French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z We are each of us missing constant chances to bestow a kindness upon some needy soul for the reason that we dread being imposed upon by a case of causeless complaining. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z To have him set upon by roughs, causelessly, was like a blow in the face to every other member of the Club. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z She realized that my outburst of passion had been simply revenge, a fresh humiliation, and that to my earlier, almost causeless hatred was added now a personal hatred, born of envy.... White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z But in this instance the blow fell upon individuals with the most sudden treachery, the most causeless tyranny, and the most sweeping ruin. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Lance controlled his excitement, which still seemed to him causeless and rather annoying. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z However, neither Iśvara, nor the absolute, nor the self, nor causeless chance, is the maker, but our deeds produce results both good and evil according to the law of causation. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z Their soreness towards us was not causeless, and we had really not been as generous towards them as we were towards other foreigners. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z We may mention two of them here.461 Free activity, they say, would be causeless activity: it would violate the “law of universal causation”. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z This nameless, causeless, speechless dejection would be too cruel. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Hostility so heartless, so causeless, so deadly, had not failed to imbue me with a keen desire for vengeance; and I resolved to punish my enemy at all hazards. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z She indulged in fits of causeless melancholy; yet all the while her beauty bloomed out into fuller perfection, and all unconsciously to herself life throbbed within her and demanded its right. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Hayston was in a frightful rage, cursing himself one moment for relaxing his usual caution, and devoting the Santa Cruz natives in the next to all the fiends of hell for their infernal causeless treachery. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z We reply that free activity is by no means causeless activity. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z But the feeling of causeless happiness with which Miss Judy awakened on that morning passed by degrees into a renewed sense of uneasiness. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z And the comment had been carried straight to Quarren, who had laughed at the time—and had never forgotten it, nor the apparently causeless contempt that evidently had inspired it. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z On that fancy I had founded a hope; and hence the jealousy that had so quickly and causelessly arisen. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Morton then introduced Mr. Brownlow, who spoke at length of the causeless character of the rebellion, and its disastrous effects, and was frequently cordially cheered by his large audience. Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot 2011-02-01T03:00:12.910Z To allude to your descendants when you are not yet even engaged is not far from indelicacy; and, Dorothy, causeless laughter is rightly esteemed a proof of bad manners. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z In the first impulse of the moment, Pierre stept forward, and would have pursued him; but smiling at his own causeless curiosity and trepidation, paused again; and softly turned over the letter in his hand. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z An attack, so causeless and extraordinary, naturally threw the natives into great confusion. 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 I can support his harshness to me with patience; but it wounds my soul when I am witness to his causeless severity towards her.” Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z A graphic picture again is this—"You have burst in upon the bees," applied to one who causelessly, needlessly meddled with matters that were no concern of his, and thereby brought swift retribution on himself. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources This feeling of harsh and extravagant incongruity, of causeless and unpardonable darkness, is perhaps the first impression of many readers of the Commedia. Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. "What an indignity," thought he, "for a M'Caskey to have yielded to a causeless dread!" Tony Butler In the 69th we see its ingratitude, and its pitiless and causeless malice, and the fact that, whatever its immediate object, it is really directed against God Himself: For Thy sake I have suffered reproach. The Christian Use of the Psalter The Americans of to-day are the children of later immigrants, to a great extent the grandchildren of the very men who resisted the causeless rebellion, and even of those who fought against it. A Defence of the Hessians As the effect we see cannot be causeless, it is a danger-signal that we must not ignore. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Yet the mere presence of the strangers in their country was enough to stir the jealous nature of the Indians; and in 1680 a murderous and causeless plot broke out in the red Pueblo Rebellion. The Spanish Pioneers Hence they hesitated and held back; nor were their fears causeless. Tony Butler Whence does this awful misery, this unmeaning, causeless horror of life and of myself come? Bye-Ways "Well," said Layton, gayly, "you 'll see I 've turned over a new leaf; and whatever other thoughts you shall find in me, causeless depression shall not be of the number." One Of Them "Do you believe that any one may become so maddened with causeless jealousy as to commit a crime?" Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" Reflect, then, I entreat you, ere you afford even a causeless impression of distance or estrangement. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier After the service he had done me it was not to be supposed I could causelessly give the worthy fellow offence. A Marriage at Sea With a wild and rapid utterance she told him of her long and weary watch, and that her fears—mere causeless fears, she said she knew they were—had made her nervous and miserable. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day This filled the faithful lover with the deepest grief and pain; yet there was anger, too, for he felt that the queen had shut her ears to reason, and had let causeless jealousy blind her. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality But my poor mother had a friend and benefactor, of whom my father grew insanely, furiously, but causelessly jealous. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" We have said enough to show that Nelly's sorrow was not causeless, and that she had good reason to regret the days of even their hardest fortune. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Certainly, misfortunes do cast their shadows before them, for I felt that strange and overwhelming sense of depression that never is causeless. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas And now that the first fury as regarded Sue had spent itself, this causeless dejection of spirit took its place. Leonore Stubbs Afterwards the queen sent for Lancelot, and begged his pardon humbly for her causeless anger. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Well," said I to myself at last, "these are but foolish fears after all, and may be causeless ones. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I This cry of pain was not quite causeless, for Martha was trembling from head to foot, and actually only saved herself from falling by a mechanical clutch at something like a horse's tail. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life If any petty strictness was omitted, she tormented herself with causeless remorse. Coelebs In Search of a Wife We are sick of Spanish revolutions, disgusted with causeless pronunciamentos, and corrupt intrigues, weary of Madame Muñoz and “the innocent Isabel,” of palace plots and mock elections, base ministers and imbecile Infantas. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Truly I am sorry that I ever came into this land, to be thus causelessly and shamefully treated, after my long service here. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Therefore, to prevent such causeless fears, I shall take this opportunity to undeceive the world, by shewing what it is, and that no such thing is intended by it. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed While at Shelbyville, the first and only causeless stampede of our pickets and false alarm to the camps which occurred during our squadron organization, took place. History of Morgan's Cavalry These moods were always particularly irritating to Cynthia, who rarely indulged in causeless hilarity, especially at study periods. The Boarded-Up House His contempt for the exaggerated statements and causeless terrors of tourists leads him, however, rather into the opposite extreme. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 At first he sang wildly, with occasional outbursts of causeless laughter. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) They swing it to the right or the left by way of counterpoise when they lean over to the one side or the other; hence the constant switching which appears so causeless. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 He, a man forty-four years old, an agriculturist and a farmer, was shedding tears, causeless tears; this was a hundred times worse than the violoncello. Fathers and Children But for all that, he was capable of flashes of causeless anger and fits of sturdy sullenness. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI In such a mood of causeless sorrow he woke late on the morning after he had dined with Dr. Franchi. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings "Perchance 'tis but a causeless query," she replied, smoothing his tumbled locks. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts A. The Buddha taught that two things are causeless, viz., The Buddhist Catechism He was feeling, too, that causeless melancholy which is only known to very young people. Fathers and Children But that this man should miscall me and beat me for the pure frenzy of his mind, causelessly, and for the love of blows! The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court We are no longer mystified because apparent causeless misfortunes befall him for we know that in the nature of things he did generate the causes in the past. Elementary Theosophy So, you see, side by side with this extravagant, apparently causeless merriment, there was also an extravagant, apparently causeless, terror. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales "They say miracles are past, and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 No sudden causeless changes ever happen, or ever have happened. The Truth About Woman Day by day she grew queerer and more irritable, and we had causeless rows about nothing. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Then he stopped suddenly and causelessly while applying the towel to the small of his back, and stood for several moments in a state of fixity, staring at a particular spot on the wall-paper. A Great Man A Frolic It was her own husband who had so cruelly, so causelessly subjected her to shame in public, which could never be washed out or forgotten! Is He Popenjoy? The skin is harsh, but not very hot, the temperature seldom above 100° Fahr., varying causelessly, but usually higher towards evening than in the daytime. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases The House of Commons, in checking causeless prosecutions, has no wish to protect those who are really heretical. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. Am�rrame-ese-perro is applied to a beggar who, like most negroes, has a dread of dogs, and his repeated, and often causeless, cry of 'Chain me up that dog!' earns for him this imposing title. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba No man knew more thoroughly the measureless value of an established church, the endless, causeless, and acrid bitterness of sectarianism, and the mixture of unlearned doctrine and factious politics which constitute their creeds. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 I have known the somewhat startling nautical command, "Get the whip ready for the ladies," blanch many a fair cheek with sudden and most causeless alarm. An Old Sailor's Yarns Yet shake, Oh shake One boding grief—'tis causeless—from thy breast, Deeming thy race less valiant than the North: Faithfuller they stand and nearer to their sires! Legends of the Saxon Saints I only know I laughed quite enormously and causelessly. Daisy's Aunt It is a primary assumption of party argument, that the opposite party is wholly wrong, that its action is perfectly gratuitous, and either causeless or produced by the direct inspiration of the devil. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies Curse may be just and authoritative; as, the curse of God; or, it may be wanton and powerless: "so the curse causeless shall not come," Prov. xxvi, 2. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions For some weeks he tasted, day by day, the dreary bitterness of the cup of dark and causeless depression, and laboured under an agonising dejection of spirit. Beside Still Waters If by friendly and judicious advice we can prevent a bloody and causeless war in Italy we are bound to give such advice. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 It would scarcely be true to say, that I felt not fear; and yet it was less cowardice, than a sort of vague vexation at risking my life in so causeless a conflict. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Derette thanked God for the—apparently causeless—impulse to mention her sister’s accident, which had just given Stephen the opportunity to utter the last and most important item. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford But neither is it true on the other hand that a person's will and its conduct are causeless and undetermined until the moment of action. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy The whole machinery of scrupulousness, concealment and deterrent objects, which stand like dreadful watchmen before the doors of forbidden rooms, cannot on the other hand be causeless. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts "No—oh, no," said Lois, driving back the tears at this causeless injury. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. She had often shuddered as she watched it, indulging herself in the luxury of causeless trepidation. The Vicar of Bullhampton Thurloe also felt that it was an awkward affair; and to avert suspicion from his Master and himself, he reverted to a mean trick, the causeless accusation of an innocent man. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Klearchus concluded his protest by requesting to be informed, what malicious reporter had been filling the mind of Tissaphernês with causeless suspicions against the Greeks. The Two Great Retreats of History Up to this, then, we can discover no symptom in him of that fatal kind of melancholy—that which is hereditary and causeless. My Recollections of Lord Byron I am still feeble, and liable to sudden outbursts of causeless rage and demoniacal gloom, but I shall be better presently. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 They say, miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless.” Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher He wanted to hear her voice; and he suddenly discovered in himself an embarrassment in addressing her which was causeless and foolish. The Adventures of Bobby Orde Whatever disturbs society, yea, even by a causeless panic, much more by an actual struggle, falls first upon the market of labor, and thence affects prejudicially every department of intelligence. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Now, Penfield," continued the old gentleman, "mind you, I do not approve of petty jealousies and quarrelings, nor of causeless assaults. The Flag Yet it is no less confusing and no less antisocial if the world which one sees as a system of causes and effects is to another a realm of capricious, causeless, zigzag happenings. Psychology and Social Sanity In view of the projects of some of the wilder spirits at London, Sheffield, Norwich, and Edinburgh, it is presumptuous to charge him with causelessly seeking to bring about a "Reign of Terror." William Pitt and the Great War Shall then the virtuous disobey Hosts of an aged king and sire, Though feverous joy that father sway, Or senseless love or causeless ire? The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Were rivers of blood made causelessly to flow, would the pretensions, that gave rise to them, be more secure, or less odious? Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II Even the patriotic and intellectual part of the American people denounced this unholy intrigue between their own President and the bloody ursurper of Europe, and this causeless war against Great Britain. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Finding how very wide an interpretation she put upon the “causeless blows,” the unfortunate husband did his best to avoid anything which could give occasion for the third and last blow. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Considering all the circumstances, it would be hard to find in history a more causeless and cruel oppression of a whole race than was embodied in the legislation of those revived and reconstructed State governments. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist No human voice, believe me, spoke Those words thy causeless fear that woke. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse But he was not going to spend money causelessly; so he trudged on. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols Her mind was confused, and she was the victim of apparently causeless unpleasant sensations. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother The men, appointed and promoted for merit, are highly respected and secured against causeless removal, accident, sickness, and old age. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 And I myself have not been free from blame; though in reality your jealousy was very causeless, Sybil.” Cruel As The Grave Through all this mighty wood they rove With varied cries from grove to grove On rapine bent they wander here: But O, dismiss thy causeless fear.” The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse Thus the words stand literatim et punctuatim: 'They say, miracles are past: and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar things, supernatural and causeless.' The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 She had evidently arisen in the grasp of a mood, not uncommon with her, when an apparently causeless irritability drove her to say things for which she afterward suffered an honest but fruitless remorse. The Squirrel-Cage We charge you with having commenced a wicked and causeless war. Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive We believe that many Peninsular officers, puzzled to account for the constant and seemingly causeless refusal of the coveted decoration, hold the same opinion with Mr Grattan. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 This cloud of causeless woe dispel, For all as yet has prospered well, And we have traced thy queen, and know The dwelling of our Rákshas foe. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse According to the true sense, things supernatural and causeless must be understood as the subject, of which modern and familiar is the predicate. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 So now the apparently causeless movement of the herbage, and the slow, undeviating approach of the line of disturbance were distinctly disquieting. The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life" They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar things, supernatural and causeless. Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc I will allow then, that the Chymists do not causelessly accuse the Doctrine of the four elements of incompetency to explain the Properties of Compound bodies. The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. Dear Queen, thy causeless woe dispel: Thy husband lives, and all is well. The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse A good workman does not causelessly destroy his tools. Masters of Space If he had staid another moment he must have brained Silas and his wife with the poker, such an ungovernable anger boiled up in him with the sense of his causeless, shameful discomfiture. Two Days' Solitary Imprisonment 1898 It should be pointed thus: "They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless." Notes and Queries, Number 201, September 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc General Braxton Bragg—however causeless and unjust their dictum may have been—had never been popular with the southern masses. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Be firm: thy causeless grief restrain, And pay the dues that yet remain.” The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse There is nothing much more fatal to the apprehension of a fact than the constant causeless repetition of it. Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray While she spoke, it so chanced that there flitted over the infant-face one of those smiles that we see sometimes in young children—strange, causeless smiles, which seem the reflection of some invisible influence. Olive A Novel And the Queen sent for Sir Launcelot, and prayed him of mercy, because she had been wroth with him causeless, and he willingly forgave her. Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" Still the day was not wholly lost to the South, had her men not given way to causeless panic. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death While the war lasted, General Sherman was a soldier intent upon putting down what he conceived to be a causeless rebellion. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. And even Ivan, in the great anxiety of his soul, found that a conscience unexpectedly clear can bring a species of content less fleeting than any causeless light-heartedness. The Genius There was never anything like it for causeless, sheer, absolute, absurd cowardice—or rather panic—on this miserable earth before. A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland Few workingmen will causelessly ask their brotherhood to undertake the hardships and loss of prestige which accompany a strike. Monopolies and the People After Chickamauga, there was very general—and seemingly not causeless—discontent. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death I peered into the darkness to assure myself, for I did not like causelessly to arouse my companions. Peter the Whaler Marriage with her daughter, would certainly be as sure a thrust as could be given to the proud woman who had so causelessly hurt her nephew. The Genius This unblessed dark reminder of a causeless deprivation settled it. Vesty of the Basins Yet many failures are caused by ill-advised changes and causeless vacillation of purpose. Pushing to the Front Not that her aunt meant to be unkind, or that her chidings were always undeserved or her complaints causeless. Christie Redfern's Troubles Imaginary terrors scare A timorous soul with real fear; Nay, even the wise and brave are cow'd By apprehensions from the crowd: A frog a lion may disharm, And yet how causeless the alarm! Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress He had deeply wounded Mr. Van Buren, and, as the latter thought, causelessly and cruelly. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 I had a melancholy turn during that cone-burning, one of the shadows that fall upon one causelessly in the midst of the sunshine, but that was only a bit of the happiness, after all. A College Girl Osbaldistone says, concerning him, “Of all the propensities which teach mankind to torment themselves, that of causeless fear is the most irritating, busy, painful, pitiable.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 You know now the cause of many of my difficult moods, which have seemed causeless. The Plum Tree Great corporations have a fashion of keeping their mouths and their council doors tight shut and of leaving the public to infer that catastrophes come causeless. Lords of the North He would not irritate or causelessly wound the feelings of those who were just beginning to realize that they had lost in the issue put at stake in the Mexican war. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 From the ship, on whose deck he awaited her coming, Pierrot saw the apparently causeless accident which had befallen the gem, and watched with dry lips and burning eyes the vain endeavors of the search. Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories Sadly she reminded him that he had struck her the first of the causeless blows. Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway. Or when thy thunder rolls Do causeless fears, O Father, shake our souls? The Fourth Book of Virgil's Aeneid and the Ninth Book of Voltaire's Henriad It was now that the French began to reap the fatal fruits of their causeless war on the Iroquois. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country Amidst so many worldly blessings the husband almost forgot that only one causeless blow would destroy his prosperity. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales It was his causeless, voluntary, unpardonable quarrel with his party which misled Southern men at the time when they most needed lessons of wisdom and moderation. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 To dismiss him thus causelessly would not only be unjust, but to no profit. The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) Shall class interests control the great policy of our country, and the voice of reason be drowned in the clamor of causeless excitement? The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government You might have been saved a great deal of suffering and causeless worry. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves She upbraided herself to have sustained so sudden and causeless a fright. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee He took no note of the immense losses both of life and property which they had inflicted upon the Nation, and gave no consideration to the suffering which they had causelessly brought upon the people. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 "You!" she cried—and her causeless anger, her impatience of his presence, confirmed the dreadful idea he had conceived. The Long Night In a short time, however, attacks were made upon it so virulent, so causeless, and withal so simultaneous, that the mere fact would of itself afford reason for the suspicion that they were concerted. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters The panic spread to the other batteries, and from them to the forces on shore, even the commander-in-chief being affected by the causeless fear. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII Nature, to the heathen, is no harmonious whole swayed by eternal principles, but a chaos of causeless effects, the meaningless play of capricious ghosts. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Agnes sat in solitude, with her hands folded and her heart filled with unutterable tender woe, that so much causeless cloud had settled upon the home of her refuge. Bohemian Days Three American Tales When a man lets anything fall from his hands, and says it was accidental, he does not mean that it was causeless, he only means that it was not intentional. What is Darwinism? Nirwana, like space, is causeless, does not live nor die, and has no locality. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life And are you not making yourselves causelessly uneasy on the subject? Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle At other times a vague and indescribable longing seizes a young person, a morbid appetite possesses them, or they fall a prey to an inappeasable and aimless restlessness, or a causeless melancholy. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America The greed of possession died out in the causeless fear. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 Without reason or pretext, he would break out into causeless laughter, not connected with any impulse that he could explain. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Not causeless were you christened, gentle flowers, The one of faith, the other fancy's pride; For she who guides both faith and fancy's power, In your fair colors wraps her ivory side. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia Or perhaps the King told his man-in-the-turret tale merely 'in the air;' and then Henderson, having run away in causeless panic, later 'sees money in it,' and appears, with a string of falsehoods. Historical Mysteries No mere man, least of all a savage, is kind and benevolent in spite of neglect and injury, nor is any man causelessly and ceaselessly malicious. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America In Massachusetts particularly, I believe there are a few real grievances; and also some wicked agents or emissaries who have been busy in magnifying the positive evils, and fomenting causeless jealousies and disturbances. 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 It is God's edict that he who causelessly takes any human life, "By men shall his blood be shed"—how much more when it is such a life! Abraham Lincoln A Memorial Discourse The emotions and feelings, then, are not lawless and causeless, but are a part of a world of law and order. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners We know they have instituted a causeless rebellion, which has brought unnumbered woes upon our common country. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 She only drove him wild with causeless and senseless jealousy, and goaded him almost to madness by endless suspicions and irritating cross-questioning. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance He attacked all manner of people causelessly and violently, and earned implacable dislike from the Radicals In his party. Abraham Lincoln So now the apparently causeless movement of the herbage and the slow, undeviating approach of the line of disturbances were distinctly disquieting. The Best Ghost Stories No fault is thine, Beloved, I do not blame thee, Nor do I blame my rivals for their part, I know my trouble causeless, yet I hearken To my unreasonable, doubting heart. Hindustani Lyrics Such causeless breaks proceed from want of truth to the subject, and prove a lack of the careful rendering of love in the author. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 These two are tyrants: Dionysius, And Alexander, both suspicious, And yet both loved: the last a just reward Found of his causeless fear. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch She felt deeply the causeless gossip connecting her name with the case, as well as the open disgrace of her husband's conviction. Bob Hampton of Placer Complaints of the severity of it were also daily brought to my lord mayor, of houses causelessly, and some maliciously, shut up. History of the Plague in London We know that the tender, womanly, wifely pitifulness, the causeless remorse, will be the nearest and most urgent conscience, and will prevail. The Ethics of George Eliot's Works The men who are traitors to their country to-day are those who, healthy enough themselves, talk causeless and shallow optimism which is fed alone by their own prosperity. A Lost Leader If you have been made to believe that I ever did, said, or thought a thing unfriendly to your fame and feelings, you do me injury as causeless as it is afflicting to me. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Suthers said that free will was lunacy, because it meant causeless actions, and the actions of a lunatic would be causeless. Orthodoxy Why, beauteous Bettie, longer shed Pearly showers of causeless grief, Why bend down that lovely head, Like the autumn's rain-wash'd leaf? Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems They show their little buds of teeth In peals of causeless laughter; They hide their trustful heads beneath Your heart. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works Whence come, then, all these vapours and reveries and bursts of causeless weeping? The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot You can consider that when they hate most causelessly there is a divine love in them somewhere; and that when they see most falsely they are loyal to some ideal light. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II "It is better to entertain causeless concern than unwise confidence." The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Now, to reconcile with this theory of causation, the notion of an Eternal, mighty, causeless God, may be possible, but the Author of this Apology cannot persuade himself that it is. An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles As for Gotham, it doth breed as wise people as any which causelessly laugh at their simplicity. Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850 They crowd around the lady; it is supposed at first that she is jesting, but her emotion is too serious to have been causeless. Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume See, at your blest returning, Rage disappears; The widowed isle in mourning Dries up her tears; With flowers the meads adorning, Pleasure appears, And love dispels the nation's causeless fears. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 Every little ripple in the smooth current of life seems magnified—each man seeketh provocation to vent his causeless exasperation. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt It was explained to Marjorie that the ambassador did not wish to give causeless offence to the Protestant court. Come Rack! Come Rope! It is no retreat, it is a rout--a disgraceful, abominable, causeless rout. French and English A Story of the Struggle in America There never was a more causeless, malicious, or malignant murder. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 How long, ye gods, how long Can royal patience bear The insults and wrong Of madmen's jealousies, and causeless fear? The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 It must also be conceded that the laboring men are not always careful to avoid causeless and unjustifiable disturbance. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term Not causelessly, even if unjustly, the Governor's object was understood to be to hold New England for King James, if possible, should the parent-country reassert its rights. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 Does any reader say, "You did wrong—you had better have died than have given your name to such an infamous and causeless rebellion?" Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South And, since his desertion of Sophie would appear to her causeless, the indignation she would feel thereat would save her from repining. Bressant He would sometimes laugh without any ostensible reason and sometimes cry as causelessly. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Discontent, regret, grief, cupidity, and vindictiveness, causeless or occasioned by any perceptible cause, are the indications of the attribute known as Passion. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 "They say miracles are past: and we have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things, supernatural and causeless."—Act ii. Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 My whole being was filled with causeless peace and gladness. A Village Ophelia and Other Stories There was no need to alarm her causelessly. The Wings of the Morning Intermittent wetting of the bed, occasional temporary mental stupor in the morning, irritability, temporary but well-marked lapses of memory, sleep-walking, and causeless outbursts of ungovernable temper all suggest nocturnal epilepsy. Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment Nevertheless, it is clear that the Commune was far from being the causeless outburst that it has often been represented. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) They say miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 A causeless wrath, a mood of pride, Some tears of thine, and all was done; On alien plains I travelled wide And thou wert soon a veiléd nun. Thoughts, Moods and Ideals: Crimes of Leisure Yes,' she added, rising, 'I detest with all my heart this wicked, causeless rebellion. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 To allow impertinence or sloppy work is inexcusable, but it is equally inexcusable to show causeless irritability or to be overbearing or rude. Etiquette She is the cause of it, yet she would believe it causeless. Hints for Lovers Yet for this adequate cause we are at the same time referred to a belief in a causeless secret invisible agent, and to our own experience, for a proof of his nature. Answer to Dr. Priestley's Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever He grudged losing it in an obscure and causeless scuffle, instead of on an honourable field of battle as a soldier should. The Elephant God Lady Byron once said significantly to a friend who spoke of some causeless dislike in another, ‘My dear, I have known people to be hated for no other reason than because they impersonated conscience.’ Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time General Lewis was not much pleased with the sudden and apparently causeless change which Governor Dunmore had made in the plan of the expedition. Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer You had conceived causeless prejudices against me: you seemed inclined to impute to me a misfortune that was not, could not be, greater to you than it was to me. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) It is written, 'The curse, causeless, shall not fall.' Romance of California Life It is not a dreadfully wicked thing, like the causeless taking of human life, and may be justifiable much oftener and for less weighty reasons. Secret Societies "Think not that I am so hasty, or given to causeless anger," said Alcinous; "excess in all things is evil." Stories from the Odyssey All these noises deepened and became substantial to the listener's ear, till she could distinguish every soft and dreamy accent of the love-songs that died causelessly into funeral-hymns. Twice Told Tales At times, when she was plunged in one of those causeless transports which made her melt with tenderness, an anxious thought would come to her—she imagined that some misfortune was hovering behind her. A Love Episode He was ill, too, with a secret, causeless malady that baffled him. The Dark House And it was a long time before this causeless laughter died down in the dining-room. The Party To thee were solemn Toys or empty Shew, The Robes of Pleasure and the Veils of Woe: All aid the Farce, and all thy Mirth maintain, Whose Joys are causeless, or whose Griefs are vain. The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two Rambler papers (1750) We stood staring after the fugitives in perfect bewilderment, totally unable to explain their apparently causeless panic. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 She quailed, robbed of speech, before the causeless, vindictive, and infantile wrath of an old man who happened to be in a bad temper. Tales of the Five Towns I hope you will forgive us, Mr. W——, but from causeless jealousy my father deserted mother, and—and he stole my little brother, mamma's only son! Stage Confidences He could not keep the distemper at bay, but he could often quiet the restless plaints and causeless terrors of his weak-minded spouse. In the Days of Chivalry "That is a very difficult—" The girl wrote: "He doesn't know," with a satisfaction apparently causeless. The Tracer of Lost Persons Near the south end is an artificial pond called Virginia Water, edged with causeless arches and ruins that never were anything but ruins, Chinese temples and idle toys of various other kinds, terrestrial and aquatic. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 And before the final blank overtook his dying eyes, he saw that She gave place to It; he saw more, that Life gave place to Death—causelessly, incomprehensibly. The Were-Wolf There came a fresh, apparently causeless gust a few minutes later--savage, threatening, but futile. A Diversity of Creatures Next, it will make the good couple easy, to have an opportunity of enjoying that as their due, which now their too grateful hearts give them so many causeless scruples about. Pamela, Volume II Fortunately the return of the gossips, after the causeless alarm, disturbed the Fairies, who dropped the child, which was found sprawling and shrieking upon the threshold. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition He went to bed in a state of the most absurd and causeless mental disturbance. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) Then, from causeless jealousy, he put to death his uncle Joseph and threw Mariamne into prison. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History Why did this foolish mistake of bottles, which might have been a tragedy, and was nothing but a causeless excitement, reach so far with its results? Four Girls at Chautauqua Though he often went through dark moods, they were not moods of financial pessimism; they seemed to be causeless, inexplicable, and indescribable—abysses in which cerebration ceased. The Roll-Call Some persons took the sentimental view and considered the government barbarous to make causeless war. George Washington, Volume II I cannot imagine that this resolution can add any thing to those excitements which it has been supposed, I think very causelessly, might possibly provoke the Turkish government to acts of hostility. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style That those who make a causeless war should be compelled to pay the cost of it is too obviously just to be called in question. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln I am under obligations to them for their kind solicitude, however causeless it may have been. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton Apart from certain odd features in Crozet's narrative, it may be remarked that he errs in making the Maoris act quite causelessly. The Long White Cloud He foresaw her recoil, her bitter condemnation, the final ruin of the relation between himself and her; and yet more than these did he dread her pain, her causeless, innocent pain. Fenwick's Career Oh, look down on me, Mourning my causeless anger still; Forgive my hasty word to thee— O God! The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Those gods who know the truths I now relate, 140 That faith which yet remains inviolate By mortal men, by these I beg; redress My causeless wrongs, and pity such distress.'— Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham But, alas! my words cannot undo what my false cheeks, with their meaningless red and their causeless white, have so fully done. Nancy And will not his causeless vengeance upon me be complete, unless he ruin my soul too?—Excuse me, Sir, for this vehemence! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 Now this favourable presumption with regard to human beings is not a causeless prepossession, it is no idle superstition of the mind, nor is it a natural instinct. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice They had causelessly murdered and robbed many whites, and now their sins had recoiled on the heads of the innocent of their own race. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 The Son of God did not weep vain and causeless tears, or for a light matter; nor did He for Himself either spend His own or desire the profusion of others' tears. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South To-day the very sight of her filled him with seemingly causeless anger. The Second Generation No prayer ever ascended, like sweet incense, from those hearts; no hymns of praise fell from those lips; but they daily invoked curses upon each other--and who shall say that the curse causeless came? Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland Like most Indians, they are subject to sudden, apparently causeless, panics, while at other times they display a courage that is heroic. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People When he hinted suspicions of infidelity, she was too proud to deny their truth, but her pure and ardent love instantly rebuked her for giving her lover causeless pain.—A. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Without passion, then, or tender affection on either side, but with a tolerable harmony of views for the moment, and after long and causeless opposition on the part of Aurore's mother, this marriage took place. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Do you know, do you see, my dearest life, what appearances your causeless apprehensions have given you?—Do you know it is past eleven o'clock? Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 Clemency is that by which the violence of the mind, when causelessly excited to entertain hatred against some one else, is restrained by courtesy. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 London on a November Sunday inspired Eustace Reynolds with a melancholy too insistent to be ignored and too causeless to be enjoyed. The Ghost Ship He is extremely jealous, and catches at trifles light as air to confirm his fears; but his love is most sincere, and his penitence most humble when he finds out how causeless his suspicions are. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Regarding Aurore now as the work of another's hands, she made her the victim of ceaseless and causeless petulance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 From such a point of view the quibbles about "free will," in the sense of causeless action, cease to have any meaning. Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern The same kind of quick but quiet movement in the tide happened a few years since at Chiloe, during a slight earthquake, and created much causeless alarm. The Voyage of the Beagle He glanced about as though searching for the tangible form of a legitimate excuse for his crime; but he could find only the body of the man he had so causelessly shot down. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar God forbid, Miss Haredale,' said the good gentleman, with great emotion, 'that there should be in your gentle breast one causeless ground of quarrel with him. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty So horrid was the causeless rage of the crooked creature, that the clerk came over a cold thrill, and took to his heels until he was out of shot from stone or word. The White Company And first as to freedom, Spinoza means by this not caprice, nor the monstrous miracle of causeless action, but independence of external force or of any disproportionate and illegitimate passion. Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern He opposed the arbitrary design of the English ministry with great spirit and firmness, though with some indiscretion; but he was no advocate of turbulent dissensions or causeless revolt. James Otis, the pre-revolutionist And these hushes, these transparencies, do not always inspire a causeless apprehension: they are omens sometimes—omens of coming tempest. Chita: a Memory of Last Island In the periods of this causeless hatred I gradually uncrowned her. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories It cast a spell, it gave joy, it lulled gently into boundless faith; then with quick and causeless anger it killed. An Outcast of the Islands The present rebellion is certainly one of the most causeless, unprovoked and unnatural that ever disgraced any country; a rebellion marked with peculiarly aggravated circumstances of guilt and ingratitude. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 All these noises deepened and became substantial to the listener's ear, till she could distinguish every soft and dreamy accent of the love songs that died causelessly into funeral hymns. From Twice Told Tales Her soft gray eyes were fixed on the Prince, who seemed to answer to the look, smiling again and again in the causeless, aimless fashion that babies do smile. The Little Lame Prince Yes, jealousy, causeless jealousy, is the condition of our debauched conjugal life. The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories I tried as I watched to preserve my scientific calm, but a foolish, causeless agitation convulsed me. The Parasite But for all that, he was capable of flashes of causeless anger and fits of sturdy sullenness. Merry Men Yet a whisper rose, Foolish and causeless, half in jest, half hate. Verses 1889-1896 This vertigo, this terror, this downfall into ruin of the loftiest bravery which ever astounded history,—is that causeless? Les Misérables What mental joys resign their room, To causeless mirth, and tame repose! Poems "Perhaps America is the safest country in the world just now for an Englishman who—" She stopped short, realising the lengths towards which her causeless pique was carrying her. The Pawns Count She repented of the speech as soon as made, but causelessly, as it drew from the young man no answer. Homeward Bound or, the Chase He shot her a covert glance—causelessly, for her naiveté was flawless. The Black Bag We forgive blind eyes and the ears that would not hark, The careless and causeless hate and the shallow scorn. Ride to the Lady And Other Poems He laughted at the Count's rhodomontade, acknowledged himself obliged to me, and allowed that at that time my fears were not wholly causeless. Anna St. Ives "It was a causeless murder, and we claim the full and lawful punishment." Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age Thus flattering speeches won renown, By these two sisters here; The third had causeless banishment, Yet was her love more dear. The Book of Old English Ballads And, husband dear, you have once again struck me a causeless blow. Welsh Fairy Tales Augustin, before his conversion, had the apprehensions of our Romantics, the causeless melancholy and sadness, the immense yearnings for "anywhere but here," which overwhelmed our fathers. Saint Augustin Guiteau, who committed the causeless and ruthless deed, claimed to be "inspired by the Deity," but was judged to be morally and legally responsible, and died on the gallows. Outline of Universal History An irrepressible tremor gradually pervaded my frame; and at length there sat upon my very heart an incubus of utterly causeless alarm. Selections from Poe He would gladly keep the door open to any place where the shadow of Barbara might fall, and was willing therefore to pocket the offence of his causeless dismissal. There & Back For no reason, and just as a poultry yard falls into causeless agitation, they stopped in front of the house, and for half an hour produced the effect of a noisy multitude in full riot. The Magnificent Ambersons Many men are perfectly and causelessly miserable in the damp heats of Western India and the Brazil. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I They say, miracles are past; and we have our philosophical persons to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Literary Remains, Volume 2 Our loss of the inscription is evidently owing to the action of the iron rivets which have been causelessly used at the two horizontal joints. Val d'Arno This principle is too sharp a weapon to be causelessly drawn and brandished. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts His horrid causeless mirth was more terrible even than his fury. The Doings of Raffles Haw And now, lastly, note how our Lord here touches the deep thought that this ignorance, which is sin, and is more properly named hatred, is utterly irrational and causeless. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI So blinded may men be by prejudice, and so mastered by causeless hatred of Him who loves them all! Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke While naught but joy around me beamed So causelessly they've come and flown, That not of life or earth they seemed, But shadows from some world unknown. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Her health, her tiredness, her apparently causeless moral collapse, paralyzed her. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Modesty became arrogance, and a long course of indulgence in self-will developed cruelty, gloomy suspicion, and passionate anger, and left him the victim and slave of his own causeless hate. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII I am clerk enough myself to know that; and that your causeless resistance to my will is sinful, every priest will inform you. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day It was that which puzzled her—the apparently causeless change in his attitude. The Vision of Desire Thus, i.e. on the theory of universal momentariness, origination from the non-existent, causeless cognition, and so on, it would follow that persons also not making any efforts may accomplish all their ends. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 Ah what a generous heart to have nursed Vengeance so causeless, a plot so accursed! Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses Some circumstances occurred on my arrival at Nottingham, which gave me just cause for inquietude and anxiety; the consequences were insomnia, and a relapse into causeless dejections. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas Those scruples and that refinement against which he warned her, she herself thought might be overstrained, and to gratify unnecessary punctilio, the short period of existence be rendered causelessly unhappy. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 He will not causelessly quench one bright, innocent life, nor harm one clod. Expositions of Holy Scripture The irritation of the mind produced its natural effects upon his conduct, and he would burst into fits of the most causeless fury. Dawn He paid back to such as under Domitian had been causelessly deprived of their property all that was still found in the imperial treasury. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster None of the missives reveals emotions of any but the most tawdry romantic kind, warm desires extravagantly uttered, conventional doubts, causeless jealousies, and petty quarrels. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood Massachusettensis, the well-known Tory pamphleteer, wrote that the annals of the world had not been deformed with a single instance of so unnatural, so causeless, so wanton, so wicked a rebellion. My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young In groundless hope, and causeless fear, Unhappy man! behold thy doom; Still changing with the changeful year, The slave of sunshine and of gloom. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes How was it credible she could fail so rapidly and so causelessly? Only an Incident Each prakritic atom has what may be called a soul, its three-fold astral cause; and an over-soul, or the three-fold spiritual archetype, or causeless cause. Ancient and Modern Physics He betrays himself, too, by the causeless hatred which he shows—a hatred which finds vent in a violent explosion at any circumstance however trivial, though it is often only the product of his imagination. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; On Human Nature He can be more ashamed of honour than grieved with contempt; because he thinks that causeless, this deserved. Character Writings of the 17th Century Adj. casual, fortuitous, accidental, adventitious, causeless, incidental, contingent, uncaused, undetermined, indeterminate; random, statistical; possible &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases What magnanimity!—May ne'er again Unkind returns thy generous ardor chill, Nor causeless censure give thy bosom pain, Nor thankless hearts reward thy good with ill! Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe So, you see, side by side with this extravagant, apparently causeless merriment, there was also an extravagant, apparently causeless terror. Three John Silence Stories And yet, my lord, the character of Richard earl Temple, was not that of causeless suspicion. Four Early Pamphlets Her depression of the evening before seemed to her so causeless, so inexplicable, that she recalled it almost with terror, as one might a temporary insanity. Mercy Philbrick's Choice Good fellow, tell the king I thank his grace, And do forgive his causeless cruelty. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 I cannot bear the distance at which you so causelessly keep me. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 What do you mean by creating this causeless alarm, and disturbing the whole household at so unseasonable an hour? The Evil Guest "You reproach yourself causelessly, holy father," observed the mild Donna Florinda, raising her eyes towards the pale countenance of the monk; "to admire the beauties of nature, is to worship Him who gave them being." The Bravo This apparently causeless change permeated even to the columns of the Argus. The Boss of Little Arcady But it left a world of nations free to work out their several destinies, self-determining, not subject any more to the threat of causeless war at the hands of a government steeled to barbarity. America's War for Humanity Most people, if you asked them, would tell you that an individual word is a causeless entity—a thing that was never begotten and lacks power to propagate. The Century Vocabulary Builder God gives every spark of life—that of the peasant as well as of the prince; and those who destroy his work recklessly or causelessly, must answer in either case. Old Mortality, Volume 2. She remembered how eagerly he hung on her smiles and sugared nothings, and how her equally causeless frowns would darken all the world to him. Barriers Burned Away The people here think that there is an epidemic of unreasonableness and causeless murmuring raging at the south and west. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland But I had also a presentiment of what actually happened; it occurred to me even then that a perfectly sane father does not rage causelessly at his son, nor trump up false accusations against him. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 Philip," said De Lacy, "I am sorry for thee—sorry, from my soul, to see such a predominating and causeless jealousy occupy the brain of a gallant old soldier. The Betrothed The Agency was growing indistinct even to our near eyes; its white chimneys loomed up like ghosts, the shutters sighed in the breeze, and the planks of the piazza creaked causelessly. Castle Nowhere Yes, my lord," answered the youth; "even in your presence I return to this gay man's face, the causeless dishonour—which he has flung on my name. The Monastery Let not causeless fear arise; For a treasure of the skies Here is hidden. The Purgatory of St. Patrick What careth he how many of us be slain in a causeless fight, if he can win renown? The Junior Classics — Volume 4 Three or four letters from his mother had reached him, but that lady's causeless jealousy of Mrs. Arnot had grown to such proportions that she never mentioned her old friend's name. A Knight of the Nineteenth Century Her causeless fears that I was trying to get away again, when I had no thoughts of it; and my bad usage upon it. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded "Marion," said he, "to convince you how causeless your fears are, you shall cure me yourself; and with no other surgery than your girdle!" The Scottish Chiefs It did not much matter, after this, whether my suspicions were, or were not causeless. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story It was a gratuitous insult—a causeless infamy! Bricks Without Straw Oh, Maria! what, what could induce him so causelessly to wound and affront one who would sooner have died than wilfully offended him? Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World You may the rather believe me, continued he, as you may see the pain I have to behold any thing that concerns you, even though your concern be causeless. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded At Lockmaben he took an equally causeless alarm from a still slighter circumstance. The Fortunes of Nigel His religious rites—a strong contrast to those of the modern Hindoo—are ever causelessly bloody. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Better a thousand times to suffer, to toil, to fight and weep, than to let life exhale itself in a ceaseless irresponsible gayety, causeless, objectless, and imperturbable! Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian I spoke afterwards to Mrs. Mirvan with the openness which her kindness encourages, and begged her to remonstrate with him upon the cruelty of tormenting Madame Duval so causelessly. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World And thou, Almighty! recompense The evils I endure From those who seek my sad disgrace, So causeless, to procure. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded There was a little murmur among the pupils, showing that their sympathy was with the boy who had been so causelessly accused by the principal. Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute What would be your mother's fate, Madison, that you might gratify a causeless spite? Miss Lou I gave way to a, seemingly, quite causeless impulse of curiosity, I went out into the street, just as I was, to see for myself. The Beetle Mr. Welsh broke off with a sudden causeless auger very appalling in one so sage and sober in demeanour. The Lilac Sunbonnet And thou, Almighty, recompense The evils I endure, From those who seek my sad disgrace, So causeless, to procure. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded That day which she had hoped would be such a happy one had left in her soul an inexpressible but poignant sadness, a causeless apprehension, as tenacious and confused as a presentiment. Strong as Death To think that men would disturb the peace of such a morning by their miserable, causeless hate! Miss Lou Presently the rigidity gave place to what, to an onlooker, seemed causeless agitation. The Beetle And suddenly he was overcome by such a strange feeling of causeless joy and of love for everything, that from an old habit of his childhood he began crossing himself and thanking someone. The Cossacks Come, you forget yourselves in giving way to such causeless rage. The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Now that I am well again, I often have dreams of causeless and poignant melancholy. Escape, and Other Essays In the mean time do not causelessly distress yourself. Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine So much of these obsessions appears to be purely mental; one finds oneself the prey of a perfectly causeless depression, which involves everything in its shadow. The Altar Fire I am myself liable to attacks of depression, not causeless depression, but a despondent exaggeration of small troubles. Where No Fear Was What indignation against the tyrant, whose causeless fear or unprovoked malice gave rise to such detestable barbarity! An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Thus she knew none of those vague disquietudes, that causeless melancholy, that unreasoned sadness, from which suffer so many queens and so many princesses on the steps of a throne. The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X The seemingly causeless fears which some feel at night are largely due to this hostility. An Introduction to Yoga On one occasion, after a causeless fit of anger with Jim, while the three were at Major Buckley's together, he got his pony and rode away home, secretly speaking to no one. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn In depression then, and when causeless fears assail us, we must try to put the mind in easier postures, to avoid excess and strain, to live more in company, to do something different. Where No Fear Was In about half an hour, the young nobleman roused himself from his reverie, with a light laugh, apparently causeless; and without speaking another word to Wilton, quitted the room. The King's Highway Turn then to the lands they governed, and read and forget a long string of the causeless murders of Northern and Saracen pirates and robbers. Hopes and Fears for Art Ant-bear holes lurked unseen in his pathway, tripping his heedless steps; and an occasional partridge went whirring upward, making him start aside in causeless terror at the unwonted sound. On the Firing Line Does Nature causeless act, to no wise end? The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations His glance chanced to light in the distance on a soldier to whom he bore no love—causelessly, but bitterly all the same. Under Two Flags So, when our friends pass from our sight and we lament, that lamentation is needless and causeless. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures Answered he, "In truth thy man slew my two brothers wrongously and causelessly!" The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 O why, Penelope, this causeless fear, To render sleep's soft blessing unsincere? The Odyssey Never has a nation so deliberately and so causelessly committed suicide. The Great Boer War But wherefore now is he to suffer ill in his innocence, causelessly for others' wickedness, yet welcome ever are his offerings to the gods who inhabit the spacious heaven? The Iliad There is another pleasure for the world gone down the wind; here, again, the beauty and romance have been uselessly, causelessly, most foolishly thrown away. Signs of Change His passion was not a causeless one, though carried to such frantic excess. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners A mirthful frenzy seized the fated crowd; The roofs resound with causeless laughter loud; Floating in gore, portentous to survey! The Odyssey Winning mean prey by causeless strife, Wrenching from ruined Lowland swain His herds and harvest reared in vain,— Methinks a soul like thine should scorn The spoils from such foul foray borne.' The Lady of the Lake All at once a fear fell upon me, causeless and unreasonable, but weighing upon my heart like a stone. To Have and to Hold I was either in an exalted state of mind or pining away under a spell of yearning and melancholy—of causeless, meaningless melancholy. The Rise of David Levinsky "So do I," said Tammas, and was seized with sudden spasm of seemingly causeless merriment. Bob, Son of Battle That those who make a causeless war should be compelled to pay the cost of it, is too obviously just to be called in question. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863 Is it those who resist the measure, or those who causelessly brought it forward, and pressed it through, having reason to know, and in fact knowing, it must and would be so resisted? The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858 But to fly into uncontrollable fury, in gaiety of heart, and so causelessly and keenly to wound the tenderness and honour of a heart that dearly loves you, ah! Amphitryon We are naturally shocked at discovering, from facts such as these, the causeless rancour with which innocent and industrious people were so recently persecuted. An Accursed Race In after years they may smile at their causeless despair; but the world is full of tragedies that to the wise and sober minded had slight cause. A Face Illumined He was indeed often pained by the ignorance or causeless wonder of those who knew less than himself, though he seldom drove them away with apparent scorn, unless he thought they added presumption to stupidity. Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson Ancestry's aid was not required, to tell him the mortal peril awaiting this human child who had so grievously and causelessly tormented him. Further Adventures of Lad Her friendes, which that knew her heavy thought, Comforte her in all that ever they may; They preache her, they tell her night and day, That causeless she slays herself, alas! The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems The violent and causeless excitement, followed by this brutality of speech, so far removed from his usual suavity, showed me how deep was the disorganization of his mind. The Adventure of the Dying Detective The very peculiarities which charm us in an infant, the toothless mumbling, the stammering, the tottering, the helplessness, the causeless tears and laughter, are disgusting in old age. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Drawing nearer to Blithedale, a sickness of the spirits kept alternating with my flights of causeless buoyancy. The Blithedale Romance How cruel, how causeless were my reproaches,’ and wildly rending his curled locks and laurel crown, he fled into a thicket, whence there soon arose the melancholy notes of the Ausonian lyre.’ Adventures Among Books Such causeless fears when coward minds do take, It makes them fly that which they fain would have; As this poor beast, who did his rest forsake, Thinking not why, but how, himself to save. A Defence of Poesie and Poems Its events do not come and go, in a causeless, arbitrary manner; they are meant for our discipline and our good. The Crown of Thorns : a token for the sorrowing Only a moment before Gwen had felt a creepy, sickening sensation stealing over her as the result of an ill-defined and apparently causeless dread. The Darrow Enigma The beadle caught him by the arm, and his face became livid, but, turning round, he saw at once that his fears were causeless. The Deputy of Arcis She was a true woman with her sudden terrors, her unreasoning caprices, her instinctive worries, her causeless audacity, her bravado, and her fascinating delicacy of feeling. Sarrasine My Muse, therefore, for only thou canst tell, Tell me the cause of this my causeless woe? A Defence of Poesie and Poems Pardon me, Mighty Poet, nor despise My causeless, yet not impious, surmise. The Poetical Works of John Milton Here is a man apparently capable of a causeless and cold-blooded assassination of a harmless old man. The Darrow Enigma But every other line of scientific observation leads equally, following back a sequence of events, to seemingly causeless beginnings. A History of Science — Volume 1 It was impossible for her any longer to resist the conviction that she had distrusted appearances without the slightest reason, and that she had permitted purely visionary suspicions to fill her with purely causeless alarm. Man and Wife Now, Adelaide, that is enough of all this causeless lamentation. Heidi The feeling of causeless shame, which she had felt on the journey, and her excitement, too, had completely vanished. Anna Karenina And I your will for to fulfil In this will not refuse; Trusting to show, in wordes few, That men have an ill use— To their own shame—women to blame, And causeless them accuse. Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Thus heart and heart through life With mutual love are fill'd; And by no causeless strife Our union e'er is chill'd. The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres Then the queen sent for Sir Launcelot, and prayed him of mercy, for why that she had been wroth with him causeless. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 Speak! thou art lonely in thy chilly mind, With all this desperate solitude of wind, The solitude of tears that make thee blind, Of wild and causeless tears. The Little Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets I do not weep; I would not weep; Our mother needs no tears: Dry thine eyes, too; 'tis vain to keep This causeless grief for years. Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell This is not the first time, said Sir Launcelot, that ye had been displeased with me causeless, but, madam, ever I must suffer you, but what sorrow I endure I take no force. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 |
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