| 单词 | impenetrability |
| 例句 | After a long day of finals, returning to the comfortable impenetrability of “Song of Myself” was almost a relief. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It had an ominous feel to it, a feel of impenetrability. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Franz’s book — a love story, a recovery narrative, a knowingly futile attempt to penetrate “a nation that takes great pride in its impenetrability” — is the same kind of thing. An American in Japan, Leading a Zen Koan of a Life 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Josh Begley’s short film “Best of Luck with the Wall” uses satellite images to scan the U.S.-Mexico border, its landscapes stunning in their vast impenetrability, the prospect of crossing them daunting. “Best of Luck with the Wall” Puts the Borderlands Back in Context 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Yet as a theatrical experience, a great deal of somberness and impenetrability can blot out the subtler qualities, no matter how lovely they are, and leave you feeling trapped. At the Kennedy Center, moments of sunlight are glorious but fleeting in ‘The Day’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z The arid landscapes are stunning in their vast impenetrability; the prospect of crossing them is daunting. “Best of Luck with the Wall” Puts the Borderlands Back in Context 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The people who knew her described an impenetrability that, even in retrospect, threatens the fantasy that people who choose to care for children are all hugs and rainbows. Vivian Maier and the Problem of Difficult Women 2014-05-10T04:00:00Z The visual diversions he brought to what might otherwise have seemed taxing musical experiences did much to dispel the impenetrability often associated with avant-garde jazz over the course of the Kollektief's 36-year career. Willem Breuker obituary 2010-07-29T17:27:00Z In its original French, the opera is a luscious wallow in melancholy and opacity; its libretto, by Maurice Maeterlinck, verges on impenetrability in its portrayal of star-crossed love and fratricide. Critic?s Notebook: An Orphan, a Libertine and the Walking Dead 2011-06-19T22:11:24Z Almost every profile mentions cheekbones, and then — often in the same sentence — coldness, or some similar term to convey impenetrability. Kristin Scott Thomas on Playing a Different Kind of Part 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The buildings consist of dark, slanted brick walls that for pedestrians convey a feeling of impenetrability. Why the Da Vinci fire has L.A. urbanists rethinking downtown's future 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z And the Japanese, arrogantly confident in the impenetrability of their codes, apparently did not notice the article and so never realized their secret dispatches were being read by the Navy. World War II Seen by a Classicist, and Other New Books About Conflict 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z His perceived role as the series' reluctant hero is naturally appealing, while his apparent impenetrability is meant to draw us in and make us want to know more about him. Everyone loves a villain, but in "The Rings of Power," maybe we shouldn’t 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In person, the 59-year-old Richards exudes both a warm authenticity and a subtle impenetrability; there’s the sense that she means everything she says, but she isn’t saying everything. The abortion rights movement is bolder than it’s been in years. That’s Cecile Richards’s plan. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z And while I’m not suggesting we hew toward the lowest common denominator, architects and those who write about them are doing themselves a disservice by insisting on the impenetrability of discourse. Opinionator: Why Don?t We Read About Architecture? 2012-03-03T01:30:43Z He had co-translated the book and knew its mixture of insights and utter impenetrability. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett 2012-12-26T18:24:33Z One of the most intriguing aspects of the book is its exploration of the layered impenetrability of many of the computer programs that we unthinkingly rely on every day. How to Understand Your Computer 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z Within hours, its impenetrability was exposed as flawed. How Hamas staged lightning assault no one thought possible 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z To propagate the legend of the BlackBerry’s impenetrability, the D.E.A. also sent drug informants back to their gangs. The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended the Drug War in Mexico 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z One begins to think in terms of doors, hatches, coffers and windows, and yet there is often a sense of impenetrability, as if the walls suggest the possibility of passage yet limit egress. Review | Abstraction seemed a dust bowl, but Sean Scully made it bloom again 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z With its history of resistance and its reputation for impenetrability, the Panjshir Valley seemed an ideal place for a determined force of renegades to base an insurgency. In Panjshir, Few Signs of an Active Resistance, or Any Fight at All 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z What wounds Angela is not just the lack of conversation, but her father’s willful impenetrability. Review: Netflix's 'Tigertail' is an affecting look at a family's unspoken stories 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z The impenetrability of the album is both enticing and frustrating. 33 life-affirming albums to help get you through self-quarantine, according to music experts 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Academics have struggled for years to explain the trade and say its impenetrability is part of what made it so successful — as though someone had found a way to weaponize string theory. It May Be the Biggest Tax Heist Ever. And Europe Wants Justice. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Still, there’s a difference between indeterminacy and impenetrability. Review: This ‘Heisenberg’ puts its love story squarely on the autism spectrum 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z It was my fifth trip in five years to the country, whose supposed impenetrability to American visitors had spurred me to visit as often as possible. Shopping in Pyongyang, and Other Adventures in North Korean Capitalism 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z While its impenetrability may explain the BuzzFeed reporters’ casual-seeming approach, it’s not much of an excuse for skipping the steps taught in Journalism 101. BuzzFeed News in Limbo Land 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z They must learn how to navigate, both literally and metaphorically, the corridors of a State Capitol fabled for its traditions, secrets and, often, impenetrability. They Won Senate Seats. Now Comes the Hard Part: Adjusting to Albany. 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z An agribusiness giant, he said, had recently heralded the impenetrability of the security systems built into one of its new computing components. For Hackers, Anonymity Was Once Critical. That’s Changing. 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The goal is to test different materials and designs for impenetrability, although there may not be one big winner. Intense security on both sides of border for Trump's visit to wall prototypes 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z In soliciting ideas, the department said that each prototype would be judged, along with its impenetrability, on “aesthetics and innovative design.” Trump Plans to View Wall Prototypes. Here Are Some He Won’t See. 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Along with its fertile soil, Shakespeare’s garden of England was defined by its Edenic insularity, and by its impenetrability to intruders. “Albion” is a state-of-the-nation play for Brexit Britain 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The nation’s 58 immigration courts, administered not by the judiciary but by the Justice Department, are places of Dickensian impenetrability, operating under comically antiquated conditions. America’s immigration courts are a diorama of dysfunction 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Officials at the training said such an event would be fantastical, citing the near impenetrability of the waste transport containers and the highly monitored nature of nuclear waste shipments in New Mexico. Training for an accident, but not the worst case 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Moreover, fences and walls that actually accomplish what is intended - impenetrability - is impossible. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z But these sea walls are frequently penetrated as swells and storms overtop the walls, sometimes sending houses, built on stilts because of the impenetrability of permafrost, floating inland for miles. Above the Arctic Circle, climate change closes in on the remote town of Barrow 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z In his stare is a kind of mournful impenetrability that hints at the hard world he has seen. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z But there’s also a sense of impenetrability, exacerbated by her penchant for secrecy — a characteristic that has led to her greatest vulnerability in this election: the email scandal over her use of a private server. Hillary Clinton, the candidate we know so well — and don't 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z And all those new words often serve to create “an aura of impenetrability.” Silicon Valley Startup Speak Gets a Dictionary 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Or will someone dent the veneer of his impenetrability? Today in Politics: Republicans Are Set to Grapple Again Under Reagan's Wing 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Such caveats about the possible impenetrability of ancient wisecracks turn up frequently throughout the text. A New Book Examines What Laughter Was All about in Ancient Rome 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z All three men are, I assume, pretending to have read and understood the bill, which seems unlikely given its dry impenetrability. What is Drip and how, precisely, will it help the government ruin your life? 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z What remains less well known is what took place before they went off to war, when the 29 present at the code’s creation built a covert communications system whose crystalline simplicity belied its linguistic impenetrability. Chester Nez Dies at 93; Navajo Words Once Washed From His Mouth Helped Win War 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Between the media clamor and the general impenetrability of quantum computing, it’s difficult to separate the facts from the posturing, misunderstandings, and wishful thinking. Quantum Computing Disentangled: A Look behind the D-Wave Buzz 2013-08-27T17:15:13.517Z Unlike other rebel strongholds, like the Panjshir Valley, whose long bottleneck canyon of an entrance confounded Soviet and Taliban forces alike, Chahar Burjak’s impenetrability arises from its absence of significant terrain. The Corner Where Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Meet 2012-10-18T22:47:58Z Hornbeam, beech, myrobalan or cherry plum and blackthorn also have their advantages, hornbeam being proof against great exposure, blackthorn thriving on poor land and possessing great impenetrability and so on. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Pontiac stood listening, armed with the true impenetrability of an Indian. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z O'Hara had felt it, too: a slight impenetrability, a reserve. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z And that jungle remains virgin by virtue of the Guyana Shield, a collection of mountain ranges and highlands seemingly designed to conserve the interior’s impenetrability . | Borderlines: The Loneliness of the Guyanas 2012-01-17T02:22:34Z For if, according to its will, all existing matter were collected in one mass, yet within this mass gravity, ever striving towards the centre, would still wage war with impenetrability as rigidity or elasticity. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Some of these, such as weight and impenetrability, appear in all matter. Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z It had already been recognized that impenetrability in its ordinary sense is not, as was formerly supposed, a universal quality of matter. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z You wrap yourself in impenetrability and expect the world to be clairvoyant. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z He was sensible at once of an Oriental impenetrability. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z If it has no other qualities, if it is merely a mote in a sunbeam, it yet exhibits this unfathomable something, at least as weight and impenetrability. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z For suddenly, close, so close that the vibration of it could be felt, but muffled in the impenetrability of the jungle, a shot rang out. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z To my masculine impenetrability there was only one point in the situation. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z The first feeling of strangeness which followed our plunge into the enemy's country had given way to confidence in the impenetrability of our mental disguise. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z The law of impenetrability, that two things cannot be in the same place at the same time, prevented the baby from having much of a ride. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z Here gravity, rigidity, and impenetrability are original unexplained forces; mechanics only gives us the condition under which, and the manner in which, they manifest themselves, appear, and govern a definite matter, time, and place. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The smith Amilias, trusting to the impenetrability of his breastplate and helmet, sat down upon a bench, and bade his rival strike at him with the sword. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z He denied the impenetrability of the first, and the immateriality of the second. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Well, the word body, the word matter, signifies nothing else than the subject of external phenomena, the most eminent of which are form, impenetrability, solidity, extension, divisibility. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z It seemed as if the heart beneath was full of many an unfathomable idea, and proud of its impenetrability. Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z Iron weights begin the motion by their gravity; copper wheels resist by their rigidity, affect and raise each other and the lever by their impenetrability, and so on. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z But common complaints center on the lack of follow-up support and the impenetrability of jargon-filled contracts that can run to 50 or 60 pages. Special report: Big Pharma's global guinea pigs 2011-05-06T07:17:51Z He did not reflect, that if motion is communicated from one body to another, this does not arise from the activity, but from the impenetrability of matter. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z Were they two material individuals they should, of course, occupy the same space in order to have similar spatial relations, but impenetrability is not essential to corporeal substances. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z "If you mean those properties," said the Saturnian, "without which we believe this our globe could not subsist, we reckon in all three hundred, such as extent, impenetrability, motion, gravitation, divisibility, et cætera." Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z First of all, never underestimate the impenetrability of the presidential bubble. The psychology of Mubarak's resignation 2011-02-11T21:40:00Z The mystery of the girl's impenetrability was solved at last! The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z It is to man what impenetrability, with the other primary qualities, is to matter. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z The Body of our Blessed Lord exists in the Eucharist without its connatural external extension and consequent impenetrability. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z And he certainly chose that evening to prove his impenetrability. The Reclaimers The impenetrability of these yokels is not exhilarating. The Gay Adventure A Romance He paused for a moment, and smiled at Saxon, as though expecting a sign of confusion upon the mention of the name, but he read only courteous interest and impenetrability. The Key to Yesterday A hundred yards ahead was a jungle-cloaked forest, its towering trees close-knit to the point of impenetrability. The Return of Tharn But the corporeal substance may exist without actual extension, and consequently without any of those other attributes such as impenetrability, solidity, colour, etc., through which it is perceptible to our senses. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z They must, however, be admitted to possess the quality of solidity, or impenetrability, since they are defined as being indivisible. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy But, like the Indian, there was a reserve and impenetrability about Thoreau which prevented him from ever becoming really confidential in print. The Vagabond in Literature I felt the impenetrability of a secretly cherished hope, whenever I looked at her. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Sydney Smith's aspersions upon the impenetrability of the Scotch skull are well known, though their justice may be questioned. Thirty The coachman, shabby to match, stood at the horse’s head, and as Peignton took his place, looked on with an impenetrability which denoted that this was not the first time he had been superseded. Lady Cassandra It permeates and penetrates the entire body, and, in order that its interpenetration might be regarded as complete, the Stoics denied the impenetrability of matter. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The frank confidences of his Confessions hide from view the inner ring of reserve, which gave a strange impenetrability to his character, even to those who knew and loved him best. The Vagabond in Literature This is but the well-established proposition of the impenetrability of matter. Eureka: A Prose Poem But what is the perception of resistance, of hardness, of impenetrability? Naturalism And Religion The most striking feature of the forest, after one has become habituated to the gloom, the pathlessness, and the apparent impenetrability of the screen it forms around him, is the absence of animal life. Our Southern Highlanders Its impenetrability was tried, and it resisted all thrusts of the dagger, and several balls were turned aside by it. Maria Antoinette Makers of History By long residence in Holland, he had adopted a good portion of Dutch impenetrability and slowness. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) The English masses are already by the mere impenetrability of the commercial structure above them much worse off than the corresponding masses in the United States. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations The few persons who met him all agree as to his impenetrability,—an impenetrability not in the least due to posing, but apparently natural and fated. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 The only illumination this evening came from the candles on the table, which stood in the center of the room, and beyond the area reached by their rays the shadows deepened into impenetrability. The Monk of Hambleton Sydney Smith, in a very lively portrait, says that Horner was the best, kindest, simplest, and most incorruptible of mankind; but intimates sufficiently that his impenetrability to the facetious was something almost unexampled. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The law of the impenetrability of matter had to be set aside, of course––or else light must be pure vibration, without a material vibrating concomitant. Carmen Ariza "If you mean those properties," said the Saturnian, "without which we believe that the planet could not subsist as it is, we count 300 of them, like extension, impenetrability, mobility, gravity, divisibility, and the rest." Romans — Volume 3: Micromegas The distant pine forests had the bluish impenetrability of a clear night-sky, and pink clouds floated in motionless suspense until, with a final burst of splendor, the light expired. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 The chill and the impenetrability of heart, kept by circumstances within him, such frost might typify—that pure, fragile-seeming, yet durable passion, that snow-foam of the waterfall. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Hence we see that air possesses similar appearances of impenetrability with other matter: for it excludes bodies from the space which itself occupies. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease The law of impenetrability has had to go. Carmen Ariza A farmhouse such as this seems to me always a type of the Spanish impenetrability. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Thus, extension, resistance, or impenetrability, come to represent, through simplification and abbreviation, what we call "matter." Essay on the Creative Imagination Then the mask of impenetrability was on again. Antony Gray,—Gardener Goritz was a clever man and a dangerous one, young, brilliant, handsome, unscrupulous, who wore an armor of impenetrability which had not yet revealed a single weak link. The Secret Witness A great physicist tells us that, when dealing with sufficiently high speeds, matter has no such property as impenetrability. Carmen Ariza Even though Eberhard’s Arctic impenetrability seemed made for all time, though yielding seemed to be no part of his nature, she finally succeeded in jolting him loose from his bearings. The Goose Man Persons are not atoms; in a sense they interpenetrate, though individuality has been called the true impenetrability. The Atonement and the Modern Mind The necessary attributes of matter, according to our conception of it, are extension, figure, impenetrability, and inertness; the properties of mind are thought, sensation, activity, and will. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' He thrusts the instrument into his mouth, hurts his gums, and thus learns the impenetrability of matter. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 If we can’t wear it in steel plates on the outside, we must mask the face with impenetrability and the manner with pretense. Jewel Weed The nurse's heavy tramp thudded across the room above, and her steps had something in them of finality, of the closing of doors, the shutting down of lids, the impenetrability of earth. Moor Fires To her eyes, the gilding over the iron bars was very thin: the perfumed padding on the stone walls but a poor disguise of their chill impenetrability. The Genius Surely circumstance consists largely in the inertia, the impenetrability of the destroyers.” The Daughters of Danaus The career of the Indian-hater par excellence has the impenetrability of the fate of a lost steamer. The Confidence-Man The face told her nothing in its grave impenetrability. Betty Trevor Hill sat looking at Hiram, who, with all his impenetrability wore a surprised and puzzled expression. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It is so suitable a scene for a beginning: the darkness, the mystery, the impenetrability. The Promised Land If Mr. Tilden had desired to be otherwise than mysterious it would have required much more self-control and ingenuity than would have been necessary to thicken the veil to impenetrability. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail In the very moment that its impenetrability is grasped the imagination begins attacking it with pale beams of false light. A Book of Prefaces If impenetrability be a law of matter, the more a portion of atomic matter is condensed, the less ether will be found in the same space. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence Her stepmother was exasperated, but she found it difficult to say anything more upon the subject in face of this impenetrability. The Swindler and Other Stories It is on account of the impenetrability of this hide that the Persian Kings used the elephant in war. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Nowadays the very qualities of hardness and impenetrability are being ascribed to motion�to the almost inconceivable rapidity of the whirling of electrons within the system of the atom. Nature Mysticism Nothing was more remarkable than his impenetrability to ridicule and censure. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 However, if impenetrability were enough for a barrier, Mr. Falkirk could have met any inquisitions that morning. Wych Hazel She felt herself powerless against the absolute impenetrability of his tone and manner. A Lost Leader If I say that impenetrability is a property of matter, all that I can really mean is that the consciousness I call extension, and the consciousness I call resistance, constantly accompany one another. Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews Here was again the old, iron impenetrability which closed the door against all inquiry. The Northern Light From the morning his impenetrability had been smiling, and on June 18, 1815, this profound soul, coated with granite, was radiant. Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World No doubt they had hidden themselves behind newspapers with a child-like faith in the impenetrability of the shield, even as he was hiding. Married Life The True Romance Again, a very eminent mathematician and physicist—the late Clerk Maxwell—has declared that impenetrability is not essential to our notions of matter, and that two atoms may conceivably occupy the same space. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century It is not for nothing that in his sermons he expatiates so often on the impenetrability of the human soul. Outspoken Essays The Spaniards had, no doubt, regarded their position as impregnable, which, considering its difficulty of access and almost natural impenetrability, it ought to have been, if properly defended. Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 There was always something mysterious about him, and he loved to wrap himself in a romantic impenetrability. The Magician There were times when Rose's impenetrability was, to put it at its mildest, aggravating. The Golden Scarecrow He looked back with baffling, inscrutable eyes, his dark face masklike in its impenetrability. The Lamp in the Desert She must be impenetrable to all the world, but it must be an impenetrability not too obscure for the divination of the right man. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society It is of a thickness, a roundness, and an impenetrability that would have justified Jackson in using him as a cotton-bale at the battle of New Orleans. Aftermath Every one of its big window-shutters was closed, and by the very intensity of their rusty silence spoke a hostile impenetrability. Strange True Stories of Louisiana The last of Locke's "primary qualities" which remain to be considered is mechanical solidity, or impenetrability. Critiques and Addresses “I hope so too,” said Lady Tyrrell, looking archly into his face, which had not learnt such impenetrability as poor Lenore’s. The Three Brides Its disadvantages are lack of speed, impenetrability to dust, smoke, and fog, and the short ranges over which it may be operated. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty To a man out of employment, proscribed, marked, there is nothing so terrible as the impenetrability of the close ranks of society around him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 The indifference of it all, its rock-ribbed impenetrability to human influence, laid a crushing weight on Simpson's soul, so that he almost sank to his knees in sheer oppression of spirit. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 The sense of touch gives rise to the idea of resistance, and thence to that of solidity, in the sense of impenetrability. Critiques and Addresses Her impenetrability ruffled Lady Tyrrell; but the answer was softer than ever. The Three Brides Most decidedly the finger of heaven must be recognised in the impenetrability of the mysterious inhumation performed by Moiselet. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 381, July 18, 1829 The essence of physical matter consists rather in solidity: where impenetrability is found there is body, and the converse; the two are absolutely inseparable. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time She took her hands from the desk; folded them in her lap; and sat looking towards the fire, with the impenetrability of an old Egyptian sculpture. Little Dorrit According to a recent number of the London Graphic, there is in Berlin a Singhalese who baffles all investigations by physicians by the impenetrability of his skin. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine To my great astonishment, a person who I supposed was a proprietor, boasted the impenetrability of HIS house, and on what ground, think you? The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) His impenetrability had been smiling ever since the morning. Les Misérables Motion belongs to the notion of matter as necessarily as extension and impenetrability. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time This impenetrability had the effect of a somewhat buoyant disposition, not because he could be buoyed on the tide of any strong emotion, but because few things could disturb or excite him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 In minerals there are "constant tendencies" which are nothing but obscure wills; what we currently term weight, fluidity, impenetrability, electricity, chemical affinities, are nothing but natural wills or inconscient wills. Initiation into Philosophy Earth appears to be the principle of solidity in bodies, from its impenetrability, and by the firm coherence of its parts. The System of Nature, Volume 1 This diverted me; the monotonous darkness so irritating in its impenetrability that it prevented me from seeing myself was broken; my blood flowed more quietly; I soon felt my eyes close. Hunger Staniford's eyes twinkled at her pursuit, which he did not trouble himself to turn aside, but baffled by mere impenetrability. The Lady of the Aroostook In all literature there is probably no such instance of rock-like impenetrability to fashion; for him Alexandria might never have existed. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius If there was one thing on which Henry prided himself it was the impenetrability of his disguises. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories The properties common to all matter, are extent, divisibility, impenetrability, figure, mobility, or the property of being moved in mass. The System of Nature, Volume 1 Mr. Longdon's impenetrability crashed like glass at the elbow-touch of this large handsome practised woman, who walked for him, like some brazen pagan goddess, in a cloud of queer legend. The Awkward Age Dougal received these threats with an air of stupid impenetrability, which might arise either from conscious innocence, or from dogged resolution. Rob Roy — Volume 02 Her woman's mind was not only the directing intelligence, it was as eccentric as quicksilver, infinitely supple and corrupt, Oriental in its trickishness and impenetrability. Alias the Lone Wolf Stooping he looked down the vista straining his vision, but there was no opposite wall—only darkness and impenetrability. The Prince of India — Volume 02 When a young man as was only natural—I was twenty-six when I first came into contact with him— I rather chafed at what I thought was his impenetrability. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography The silence was oppressive—the misty impenetrability of the atmosphere was appalling. Over Prairie Trails THE darkness of the night, the impenetrability of the fog and the weariness of the bearers all contributed to impede their return journey. The Unwilling Vestal It shows itself first in inert matter as impenetrability, or affinity, or mechanical force. The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan By the former they mean extension, figure, motion, rest, solidity or impenetrability, and number; by the latter they denote all other sensible qualities, as colours, sounds, tastes, and so forth. A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Ideas never admit of a total union, but are endowed with a kind of impenetrability, by which they exclude each other, and are capable of forming a compound by their conjunction, not by their mixture. A Treatise of Human Nature I don't suppose that all this has given him as much pain as one would imagine, because he has all the impenetrability and want of perception of the real egoist. The Upton Letters Opposite, the sky has an added blackness, an impenetrability of shade; but what is the strange red eye of light that hangs between earth and heaven? At Large But his pessimism took the noble form of an intense concern with the blindness and impenetrability of the world at large. Where No Fear Was She wondered what he could mean, but she could get no enlightenment from his face, which preserved a sphinx-like impenetrability. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl I can cognize beforehand by analysis the conception of body through the characteristics of extension, impenetrability, shape, etc., all which are cogitated in this conception. The Critique of Pure Reason The interest is the mystery and the impenetrability of it all; it is so impossible to foresee contingencies or to predict conduct. The Upton Letters This wind had dried the frozen surface of the ground to the impenetrability of iron; loose earth crumbled before it like powder. Maurice Guest Margaret and Ethel glanced at each other; and both felt the impenetrability of Flora's nature, so smooth, that all thrusts glided off. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations There was neither anger, nor horror, nor pleading in their cool indomitable stare, but only a hard, bright impenetrability, shuttering the soul behind it from the aching gaze of the woman who waited. The Hermit of Far End The towering closeness of these on each hand, their impenetrability, and their ponderousness, are felt as a physical pressure. A Changed Man; and other tales But the arrogance and impenetrability of the man rise up on every page. The Upton Letters He acquires a wonderful velocity and impenetrability in his undaunted transit. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners Nothing was to be seen; the open space of dimly outlined landscape had that blank, uncommunicative impenetrability with which Nature always confronts and surprises us at such moments. A First Family of Tasajara Nothing could help it on better with the public than the impenetrability of the secret attached to it. Sir Dominick Ferrand This impenetrability and something mulish in her attitude annoyed him. Saint's Progress The impenetrability of this regulated life irritated him, and he strove to learn something of the human side of these people. The Day's Work - Volume 1 Sometimes I am quite dejected when I see the impenetrability of the hearts of those with us. Life of William Carey But, of course, with his English impenetrability, nobody can tell what he thinks. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Mr. Travers' name was on men's lips; he seemed capable of enthusiasm and of devotion; he impressed her imagination by his impenetrability. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows The first class consists of such causes as possess the properties of weight and impenetrability. A History of Science — Volume 3 I can only conclude his secret to have been his magnificent assumption of superiority, added to a sphinx-like impenetrability behind which he could always retire from any danger of exposure. Paul Kelver, a Novel “I will put her to some test,” thought I: “such absolute impenetrability is past comprehension.” Jane Eyre There must be an end now of this silent reserve, of that air of impenetrability behind which he had been safeguarding his dignity. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Hence arises her impenetrability to whatever is true in Western thought. Notes on Life and Letters He prided himself on his impenetrability before Doña Rita; on the happiness without a shadow of those four days. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes His manner of coming and going between the two places is one of his impenetrabilities. Bleak House And, indeed, the more I lay and smoked and thought, the more evident became the wisdom of impenetrability. The First Men in the Moon The impenetrability of the embodied Gould Concession had its surface shades. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard |
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