| 单词 | chance-medley |
| 例句 | First, it might be called chance-medley; next, there would be a doubt whether the stab or shot was not given in self-defence, and was not intended to kill. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Yet it was all accident, chance-medley—excusable, of course. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 There is no chance-medley where he rules, because of his long, distributed lights, and straight, infallible, divergent shadows that pick off the points and pinnacles of a thousand distances. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure Did any man ever identify the bed he slept in, the table he ate at, half a century ago, in the chance-medley of second-hand—third-hand—furniture his father's insolvency or his own consigned it to? When Ghost Meets Ghost His past went soberly before him; he beheld it as it was, ugly and strenuous like a dream, random as a chance-medley—a scene of defeat. Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews His past went soberly before him; he beheld it as it was, ugly and strenuous like a dream, random as a chance-medley––a scene of defeat. A Manual of the Art of Fiction The end comes to both actions at once in the squalor of a chance-medley. William Shakespeare But the other side—the purely sentimental—let us not say psychological—side, is of far more consequence; for here we have not merely aspiration or chance-medley, we have attainment. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 That means one of two things: either that these laws arose by chance-medley, or that some one enacted them. Science and Morals and Other Essays The next morning I inquired as to the result, when it appeared the homicide was adjudged manslaughter in a chance-medley; and the ruffian, who had voluntarily appeared before the magistrate, was admitted to bail. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. I have not time or paper, else I could draw an inference, not very illustrative of your chance-medley system. Mary Wollstonecraft This, however, has merely brought us in contact with a chance-medley of our own countrymen, these diplomatic entertainments being quite obviously a matter of accident, so far as the set is concerned. Recollections of Europe No plea was set up that the action was unpremeditated, and the event chance-medley. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants It is hardly necessary to ask the latter question, for chance-medley could not lead to regular operations—operations so regular that a court of law may act upon their evidence. Science and Morals and Other Essays Yea, and how like, that in the world's chance-medley This our exulting destiny had been slain, Though here it lords the world as a man his shadow! Emblems Of Love One is that Marryat had the true quality of the craftsman, as distinguished from the amateur or the chance-medley man who has a lucky inspiration. The English Novel Indeed I am inclined to think the old man bore some peevish recollection of having been handled rather roughly by the gipsy in the chance-medley affair of May-day. Bracebridge Hall It is difficult to find dates in this higgledy-piggledy chance-medley of facts and opinions. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 12, 1891 "Nature does this," and "Nature does that," forgetting entirely the fact that "Nature" is a mere personification and means either chance-medley or a Creator, according to the old dilemma. Science and Morals and Other Essays Indeed, I am inclined to think the old man bore some peevish recollection of having been handled rather roughly by the gipsy, in the chance-medley affair of May-day. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists We lay in a vast chance-medley, and never had any country greater need for care and caution in its councils. The Purchase Price His past went soberly before him; he beheld it as it was, ugly and strenuous like a dream, random as chance-medley—a scene of defeat. Merry Men His deep and pious spirit recoiled with disgust and horror from such lax, chance-medley maxims, that would, in their consequences, reduce man to the level of the brutes. Coningsby But in his heart he thought, My unlucky protegee has with this luckless answer shot dead, by a kind of chance-medley, her only hope of success. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 Sleep the sleep of the just, and, what is better in this chance-medley world, of the happy. His Sombre Rivals His past went soberly before him; he beheld it as it was, ugly and strenuous like a dream, random as chance-medley—a scene of defeat. Short Stories for English Courses TRUE: Or, that he never be trusted with trimming of any but chimney-sweepers— MOR: Sir— TRUE: Or, may he cut a collier's throat with his razor, by chance-medley, and yet be hanged for't. Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman In the tumult of this chance-medley affray, however, they were separated, and the party of El Zagal was ultimately driven from the square. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada While this was transacting upon the quarter-deck, a chance-medley fight was going on throughout the ship. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains |
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