英语词汇“impracticability”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

She glossed over the impracticability of the proposal: It won’t solve highway traffic congestion. Opinion | Privatization of a ‘public good’ 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

“But here, think about the impracticability of this – there is no one to serve,” said Lallas, calling the complaint a “fishing expedition.” Prince Harry, Meghan Markle privacy lawsuit a ‘fishing expedition’ to ‘discourage’ paparazzi, tabloids: expert 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z

"Despite the ultimate impracticability of such negotiations, the City nevertheless attempted, where possible, to negotiate with its various creditor constituencies in good faith," Detroit said in court papers. Analysis: Detroit set to beat bad-faith charge over bankruptcy 2013-07-26T04:03:18Z

Rupert, as we have seen, was anxious for the very same thing, but he saw its impracticability and yielded to necessity. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z

He was still met by the assertion of impracticability. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z

Now it was that Captain Hardy represented to Nelson the impracticability of passing through the enemy’s line without running on board one of their ships; he was coolly told to take his choice. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z

The church, making the application general, had pleaded the impracticability of "going out of the world." The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z

For in point of fact what one may call an organic impracticability lay at the core of the moral scheme of Richardson and Fielding. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z

The necessity of preventing any interference whatever with the passing trade by the rebels, arises from the impracticability of recovering any duties they might extort without a serious collision. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z

True, there will be found, mingled with these strata of pure gold, veins of impracticability, sophistry, prejudice, extravagance, and violence. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z

The impracticability of preventing the pernicious practice of running wool is now well understood. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z

Sympathy for me was expressed along with their general approbation, but they pointed out the impracticability of my scheme. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z

Borrow ignored Owen’s persistent intemperance and general impracticability. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z

People keep silkworms to spin that beautiful fabric for them; and M. Agassiz has shown there is no impracticability. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z

But one was present there who did not believe in impracticabilities. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z

The plan has no elements of uncertainty or impracticability. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z

You are always full of projects; and the impracticability and absurdity of your ideas does not in the least discourage you. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z

We propose to examine this question, but we believe that the practicability or impracticability of that event does not become one of the primary or even early elements of the discussion. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z

At one time, it occurred to Catesby to attempt to maintain possession of the castle; but this design was overruled by the other conspirators, who represented to him the impracticability of the design. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z

The different die or matrix theory is therefore thrown out on grounds of impracticability and absurdity. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z

The impracticability of recruiting soldiers or mobilizing a reserve force from wage earners or clerical employees with families dependent on their earnings for their living, must always be borne in mind. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z

These figures showed the impracticability of either low or uniform postage rates, unless the legislatures were willing to take on themselves the yearly deficits, which were certain to occur. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z

I am opposed to Socialism principally because of its impracticability. Why I am opposed to socialism 2011-08-30T02:00:37.547Z

The impracticability does not consist so much in this, that no such intense light can be made artificially, as in the circumstance that the illuminating power of light decreases enormously as we recede from it. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z

But his impracticabilities lose him the place after a very short incumbency; he crosses to Italy; sees Naples, Amain, and Vesuvius; sees, and knows well at Rome, our American painter, Washington Allston. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z

That should convince the worst blockhead of the impracticability of his dreams. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z

The bill of the Lower Canadian assembly appeared to the committee to illustrate the impracticability of any scheme such as that proposed by the imperial government in 1834. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z

Its leadership thrives because its impracticability prevents the experimental tests that would expose its sophistry. Why I am opposed to socialism 2011-08-30T02:00:37.547Z

Finally he yielded, because he thought she would see for herself, when in Vienna, the impracticability of her desire. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z

This was, however, not the first nor the last time that scientific men had predicted impracticabilities with electricity which afterwards blossomed into full success. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z

The impracticability of navigating those waters by the force of sails, caused the invention to be hailed there with acclamation; and this explains the cause of its rapid multiplication. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z

But the cat-like watchfulness of the Indians never flagged, and upon such occasions a glance was enough to show the impracticability of any such scheme. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z

I am opposed to Socialism as a method or system because of the impracticability of any particular program thus far formulated by Socialists. Why I am opposed to socialism 2011-08-30T02:00:37.547Z

He also pointed out the impracticability of escape, since the river was infested with hippopotami, and the forests with fierce animals. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z

"Who said anything about charity?" she answered, knowing the impracticability of such an appeal. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z

A. I mean its inexpediency on several accounts: the poverty and inability of those who were to pay the tax, the general discontent it has occasioned, and the impracticability of enforcing it. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z

The impracticability of the theory of using chemically prepared wood for violins is sufficiently understood at the present time to render it useless to pursue the discussion in these pages. George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z

We have sought to dispel the fiction about the shaping influence of Nietzsche upon the thought and conduct of his nation, and have accounted for the miscarriage of his ethics by their fantastic impracticability. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z

A concrete illustration of the impracticability of scientific forestry under existing conditions is afforded by the experimental forest in Franklin County established under an act of 1898. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z

Then reason reasserted itself, and decided the impracticability of both methods. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z

There need be no attempt to do either, for Mill himself made an important restriction in his definition of what should be done which relieves it from the stigma of dishonesty or impracticability. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z

In it the students are necessarily interrogated on different subjects, so that it becomes a matter of difficulty, nay of impracticability, to determine, with any accuracy, their relative standing. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z

The moral at the close, inferring the impracticability of Communism, may probably be accepted as sound, if restricted to non-religious experiments. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z

The plan of reconstruction, as here presented, embodied many impracticabilities and impossibilities, but it indicated in broad outlines the propositions to be discussed in the succeeding months. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z

"The conquest of the American colonies is to Great Britain an eternal impracticability!" he would thunder, rejoicing in polysyllables. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z

I do not believe in the utopian schemes which have been ground out of the brains of philosophers who mistake vagueness and impracticability for sublimity, and which they have misnamed association. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z

He thought to overset Lee's new idea by showing him its impracticability. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z

Mr. Hinchford sat and philosophized to himself all the evening on the impracticability of arriving at a thorough understanding of human nature, as exemplified in "girl-kind." Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z

But if they mean to say, that, with a due appreciation of physical culture, such a school is an impracticability, I am confident they are mistaken. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z

I find there is spirit, courage, a strong will; obstinacy—impracticability—no milksop—a bit of a virago! Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z

But nearly all felt the impracticability of further resistance. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies

He argued at length against a single executive and in favor of a single house Legislature in the teeth of innumerable facts proving the utter impracticability of both. The True Benjamin Franklin

I wish I could convince gentlemen of the danger or impracticability, of this as fully as I believe it myself. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams

The impracticability of charging the ordinary letter rate, since such a charge would have been prohibitory, which has influenced the newspaper rate, is equally applicable to samples. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study

Morgan had complained that reformers always failed through their dreamy impracticability. The Tempering

"The impracticability of defending the bar, I fear, amounts to the loss of the town and garrison," writes he in reply. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools

It has been frequently remarked by a philosopher of our acquaintance, whose only fault is impracticability, that in life there is but one real difficulty: this is simply—what to do in the mean time? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4.

“Left and come down?” said Hazel mechanically, as she thought of the narrowness of her present income, and the impracticability of making it feed another hearty appetite as well as those at home. The New Mistress A Tale

But even concurrently with the idea, he realised the absolute impracticability of it. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War

Curiously enough, this latter measure met with considerable opposition on the grounds of its impracticability because of the numerous portes coch�res. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2

At length, the duke, made aware of the severe loss sustained by his men, and of the impracticability of the attempt, as darkness was setting in, gave the signal for retreat. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2

He wrote to him accordingly, stating the impracticability of the attempt. Hernando Cortez Makers of History

You know as well as I do the utter impracticability of my refunding any part of the money I owe you at present. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848

The good sister alternately deals effective blows against Mr. George's impracticabilities and urges upon the rich, alike ecclesiastical as lay, the inauguration of true anti-poverty from the top of society.... Eden An Episode

This fellow trusted, no doubt, to the supposed impracticability of the fort, and therefore came to the resolution of keeping possession of it for himself. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment

A gaucho without his steed is an impracticability. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1

Perhaps, because of his youth and a certain air of unsophistication and impracticability which went with him, his employers were not inclined to consider money matters in connection with him. The "Genius"

Ignorant of the impracticability of their attempt, our adventurers entered upon it with a spirit worthy of success,—worthy of the country from which they had come. The Boy Slaves

But I apprehend their schemes failed of success rather on account of their intrinsic difficulties than on account of any necessary impracticability of a reform. Noah Webster American Men of Letters

A moment's reflection convinced him of the impracticability of this attempt, for he knew not her name or residence. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment

Half a day's search convinced me of its impracticability. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871

The Duke of Wellington told me that he thought it would pass away for this time, and that all parties would be convinced of the impracticability of any of the plans now mooted. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II

If there was one man who knew the impracticability of a "simple blockade," it was the General in command of the Continental army. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France

It may, however, have happened, that the want of communication was owing to the impracticability of the mountains, and not to the shortness of the frontier. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha

The alleged impracticability is not in the ideal but in the difficulty of making the ideal such a dominant part of our being that it shall consistently direct our activities under every circumstance. Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association

She had had her hopes in the impracticability of Lord Hampstead. Marion Fay

His obstinacy and impracticability are so extreme that nobody can move him, and Sefton told me that nothing could be more unsatisfactory than the termination of the meeting. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II

But the impracticability of making any definite statement as to the exact nature or extent of such mental sexual differentiation is evident. The Truth About Woman

This sandstone is used in a few buildings, but I have seen no large blocks, and the difficulty, or impracticability, of procuring such, has probably occasioned this stone to be in general neglected. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha

Thunderstruck at the temerity of the project, Torres undertook, but at first with small success, to convince Herrera of its impracticability, and induce him to abandon it, at least for the time. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846

We take no baggage of any description, being fully aware of the danger and impracticability of so doing; so that if we are again attacked, we shall be able to gallop for our lives. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831

The impracticability of adding a stripe for each state was apparent as other states began to be admitted. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911

He is, however, so convinced of the impracticability of parliamentary help or of a commission that he is much inclined to try. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice

In all this could be read the merciless greed and impracticability of these goldseekers. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse

Her mind had gone off to her basket of bananas, and was besides occupied with a little lurking wonder at Reuben's impracticability. Say and Seal, Volume II

Why will you misunderstand me so?” sighed Phillis, almost in despair at her sister’s impracticability. Not Like Other Girls

The impracticability of successful assault on the north side was then accepted. Ulysses S. Grant

Does not all this suffice to show the desperate shifts to which even two such distinguished judges are driven, in order to support the new rule, and conceal its impracticability? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844

Protests and remonstrances innumerable were addressed to the emperor, pointing out the absolute impracticability of carrying his beneficent scheme into effect, based chiefly on the ground that the serfs themselves were opposed to emancipation. The Land of Thor

But it needs no deep study of human nature, or yet of these novels, to understand the impracticability of two such minds long remaining together in unity. Famous Women: George Sand

They saw the impracticability of getting across the river while opposed from the opposite bank. The Giraffe Hunters

But a few seconds’ consideration of this plan convinced Leicester of its utter impracticability. The Voyage of the Aurora

And does he not see the impracticability of the scheme contemplated by the latter? A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself.

She tried to keep the races together; but she has found it impractical, that impracticability growing more and more clear as the years have run on. Church work among the Negroes in the South The Hale Memorial Sermon No. 2

Not a moment's reflection was needed, however, to convince him of the utter impracticability of this scheme. The Sign of the Spider

The fallacy of his ideas and the impracticability of his scheme must, indeed, have become evident, at the first moment it was brought under consideration. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply

Madison knew the impracticability of such a step, but, finding that he could only carry the presidential election of 1812 with the support of this section of his party, he declared war. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837)

Direct Steam-pumps.—Direct steam has the disadvantage of radiated heat in the workings, of loss by the radiation, and, worse still, of the impracticability of placing and operating a highly efficient steam-engine underground. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration

All were men of more than average independence of temper, an independence which, in one or two, approached nearly to that which practical politicians call impracticability. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886

All can feel the impracticability of the Hubongramillposanfy numeration, and the absurdity of the equality of contour of a regular pentagon and hexagon in one and the same circle. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II

Perhaps Edward Nash by this time realized the injustice or the impracticability of his claim. Shakespeare's Family

After the impracticability of using spectral color has been shown in the fourth chapter, the fifth proceeds to build a practical color solid. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma

However, the antagonism of rival commercial routes was so powerful that the bill was allowed to pass only after it had been so amended that it was supposed to require an impracticability. James B. Eads

The door slammed behind art and love and impracticability, and he stood in his vast drawing-room alone. The Prodigal Father

The author regrets the impracticability of mentioning all of these by name. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium

A word had been said once as to the impracticability of having dinner ready for a gentleman, when the gentleman would never say whether he would want a dinner. Ralph the Heir

The absurdity and impracticability of such a proposition did not occur to him at the moment, only the humiliation and the horror of it. The Flag

So persuaded was he of the impracticability of the measure, that he even uniformly opposed the object when attempted by others. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges

Ignorant of the impracticability of their attempt, our adventurers entered upon it with a spirit worthy of success—worthy of the country from which they had come. The Boy Slaves

Had Wilmot at once declared the impracticability of Lord Stanley's schemes he might have been recalled, but the responsibility of an utter failure would have rested with his chief. The History of Tasmania, Volume I

The reason Mrs. Peachey assigns for not sending her works to the gallery is the impracticability of their being carried up stairs without being, from their extreme fragility, seriously injured, perhaps mutilated. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling

Some sort of association existed, but what it was, considered with the impracticability of unobserved entrance and exit, was beyond his comprehension. The Flaw in the Sapphire

The exigencies of city life make this arrangement in some cases inconvenient, and yet inconvenience is less often than is popularly supposed synonymous with impracticability. The Education of American Girls

Vizcarra had, at first, some scruples about the affair—not on the score of conscience, but of impracticability and fear of detection. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico

This is an obvious possibility, and, I am afraid, an obvious impracticability. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I

Similar considerations seem to show the impracticability on any considerable scale of a second possible expedient, namely, borrowing abroad. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915

Still, I trust that in our enthusiasm for ethic and for the ideal of its master, we have not lost our heads and betaken ourselves to Utopian impracticabilities. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles

I am aware of the impracticability of an immediate or early execution of any plan that combines deportation with emancipation, and of the inadmissibility of emancipation without deportation. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921

We have no motive in noticing this gorgeous dream of 'the Committee,' except to show its fallacy—its impracticability, in fact, its absurdity. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party

It was all brought on by his impracticability, his whimsicality, his eccentricity, and his punctiliousness. The Lady of the Ice A Novel

But enough has, I hope, been said to clear the scheme itself from the objection of uselessness or of impracticability. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)

Dr. Angell took a vigorous stand in opposition and by a careful and well-reasoned statement of the case convinced the Regents of the inexpediency and impracticability of such a measure. The University of Michigan

But the sugar planters, powerfully represented in Parliament, demanded protection, while to Grenville's mind the systematic violation of a law was rather an argument against its repeal than an evidence of its impracticability. Beginnings of the American People

Instantly rushing down the bank, the four officers plunged into the canal and swam across, thus proving the impracticability of fording it. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign

Dexter sat very thoughtful and still, dreaming of the wonders of far-off places, such as could be reached by Bob Dimsted and his companion, the impracticability of such a journey never once occurring to him. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel

I do not know how far they are possible; but it seems to me that God has plainly commanded them, and that, therefore, their impracticability is a thing to be meditated on. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature

Nothing but the impracticability of it could have prevented me from removing her to her own home, for which she has been pining so sadly. Christie Redfern's Troubles

Though he has two such good-natured people to deal with, nothing can exceed his impracticability. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order

And Bridgie wept too, smiling through her tears at the impracticability of the promise, the while she clasped the dear little sister to her breast. Pixie O'Shaughnessy

Otherwise a refusal would be set down as sheer impracticability, or else the selfish ambition of a clique which could not stand alone, and should no longer attempt to do so. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859

But a very few minutes’ consideration of that scheme sufficed to convince me of its impracticability. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron

A.—I mean its inexpediency on several accounts: the poverty and inability of those who were to pay the tax, the general discontent it has occasioned, and the impracticability of enforcing it. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816

The impracticability of re-building the city except on old foundations soon become manifest, and the handsome design which Wren prepared had to be dismissed. London and the Kingdom - Volume II

She was laughing again, full of mischief and wilful impracticability, and Mademoiselle was tactful enough to realise that the time was not apt for pressing her lesson further. Pixie O'Shaughnessy

This last phrase does not make certain whether Buller's judgment coincided with that of Warren concerning the impracticability of the Acton Homes route, but it seems to indicate that it did not. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900

No doubt British tradition has had something to do with the matter, but the impracticability of this remedy is much more due to the fact that the employees confront an agricultural and middle class majority. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement

"Agreed," said the excited Figgins, quite forgetting the impracticability of such an arrangement and the disadvantages it would give him. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series

He was soon made to realize the impracticability of disregarding the old lines of party. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams.

There is no trace of passion in it, but a philosophical calm with great obstinacy and impracticability. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1

It suffices that proposals such as these, apart from their vagueness and their obvious impracticability in any form, are directly condemned by the fundamental principle that a man shall be responsible for his acts. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles

Borrow ignored Owen's persistent intemperance and general impracticability. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends

Whether I succeeded in convincing him of the impracticability of his scheme, I do not know, as he died before the matter was settled. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

It is a story of startling success, and then of disappointment through colonial impracticability. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field

He imagined, therefore, that the ministers of France, convinced of the impracticability of their scheme, would at last embrace pacific views, and would abandon an enterprise so obnoxious to all the potentates of Europe. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary

Lafayette moved with so much celerity and caution as to convince Cornwallis of the impracticability of overtaking him, or of preventing his junction with Wayne. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

Sensible of the impracticability of defending such an extensive frontier, Colonel Washington continued to press the policy of enabling him to act on the offensive. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

Convinced by this disaster of the impracticability of approaching Quebec on the side of the Montmorency, Wolfe again turned his whole attention to the St. Lawrence. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

He did no think of the impracticability of any question of marriage; he did not think in any definite sense of their relations as man and woman. Great Possessions

An experience of a certain writer will serve to illustrate the impracticability of writing the final form of the synopsis first. Writing the Photoplay

The arc-lamp is limited in its application by its unsteadiness, its bulkiness, and the impracticability of subdividing it into light-sources of a great range of luminous intensities. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization

Among other motives for an early campaign, Colonel Washington had urged the impracticability of detaining the Indians. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States

Hampton in other and happier days had made something of a study of the feminine nature, and he realized now the utter impracticability of any attempt at driving. Bob Hampton of Placer

For some reason best known to himself, he begged of me to return to Mostar, insisting on the impracticability of travelling in Bosnia in the present state of political feeling. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels

Money was so rare a thing in their narrow little world that even to his impracticability it partook of magic. Destiny

But Jack had simply answered him by sermons;—by sermons and an assurance of the impracticability of his scheme. An Eye for an Eye

One objection to this was, its impracticability; another, that it would put it out of our power to lay such duties on alien importation as might encourage importation by natives. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1

The average sceptic wanted to know how I explained the namby-pamby note in the Gospel, the connection of the creed with mediæval darkness and the political impracticability of the Celtic Christians. Orthodoxy

The plea of impracticability on the score of dislocation 26 might then be valid. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar

But he was in need of no further evidence to convince him of the utter impracticability of the route before him. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6.

Various causes combined to make the idea of giving the first performances of the Ring in this theatre an utter impracticability, and Wagner reverted to his old pet idea of building a theatre for himself. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas

Rupture of the suspensory ligament constitutes a condition which is, as a rule, hopeless, because of the impracticability of treating such cases. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

It is with their pride and impracticability that princes are most hurt. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12)

The impracticability of penetrating into the Atlantic on either side, through the strait, is therefore all that remains to be submitted to the consideration of the public. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

Repeated experience has shown, not only the impracticability of conquering America, but the still higher impossibility of conquering her mind, or recalling her back to her former condition of thinking. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up

It is one thing obstinately to adhere to an opinion in defiance of its impracticability: another to retract that opinion so soon as its impracticability is demonstrated. Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century

And unless the practitioner distinctly explains to his client the various reasons which make treatment an economic impracticability, dissatisfaction is likely to follow if treatment is instituted without such an understanding. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1

A characteristic movement of the arm above the shoulders signifies vivid imagination, or impracticability. Certain Success

Mr. Couche has represented to the head of his department the total impracticability of carrying on the public service without a remittance of specie, or a government paper substitute. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock

Because the impracticability of subjugating this country, being every day more and more manifest, it is their interest to extricate themselves from the war upon any terms. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up

The impracticability of an assault on any one of the stubborn, well-guarded gates was at once recognised. Truxton King A Story of Graustark

Even the rudimentary intelligence of that primitive people discerned the impracticability of laws forbidding the seller to set his own price on the thing he would sell and declare it worth that price. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1

Dr. Cunningham's estimate of its importance, 27. its impracticability demonstrated by Endemann, 20. value of the study of, 29. An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching

This wilfulness, or something that borders upon it, is shown alike in her impracticability to the Duke's solicitations, and in her pertinacity in soliciting his messenger. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England

Though conscious throughout of Baker's contempt for what the promoter would call his childish impracticability, his disloyalty and his crankiness, Bob realized that all of this had been carefully subdued. The Rules of the Game

In order to put them off this ruinous plan, I represented to them the impracticability of building the boats, as our tools and other materials were already worn out and expended. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time.

The President, who was in council with them, after due consideration was convinced of the impracticability of a forward movement. History of Kershaw's Brigade

He does not appear to have realised that development and adaptability to new situations, far from being marks of impracticability, are rather the signs of vitality and of elasticity. An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching

It seemed as if he feared that we might insist on the impracticability of the plan, which he must have studiously concealed from himself. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843

The man was impracticable, and yet his very impracticability aroused in a measure her admiration. The Philanderers

It was never seriously taken up again, and, though never explicitly abandoned, died a natural death from inanition, somewhat to the relief of Miss Barrett, who had come to recognise its impracticability. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)

As before, he felt his own impracticability borne in upon him, and he decided to sacrifice himself for the Cause as far as conscience permitted. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People

Wolfe between persuasion of the impracticability, unwillingness to leave any attempt untried that could be proposed, and weariness and anxiety of mind and body, had determined to make one last effort above the town. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 272, September 8, 1827

The supposed impracticability of his plan has perhaps hitherto deterred those most competent to the work from giving it the consideration which it deserves. Notes and Queries, Number 31, June 1, 1850

But the party of action urged him towards Rome, cost what it might, with the impracticability of men who expect the walls of cities to fall at the blast of the trumpet. Cavour

The principal obstacle to the successful operation of disability insurance has been the difficulty experienced in its administration—largely on account of the impracticability of closely defining permanent or total disability. Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions

But recognizing also the impracticabilities of place and time, he established separate schools for whites and blacks. Strange True Stories of Louisiana

The impracticability of keeping the convicts within the limits prescribed for them became every day more evident. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King.

Of course, Prince Bismarck immediately realized the Utopian character of the scheme, saw its impracticability, and proceeded to condemn it with more than his ordinary irritability and brusquerie. The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2)

The Brunswick canal project was descanted upon, and pronounced, without a shadow of dissent, a scheme the impracticability of which all but convicted its projectors of insanity. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839

Experience soon showed the impracticability of this scheme and the need of unified management. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II

We have no motive in noticing this gorgeous dream of 'the Committee' except to show its fallacy—its impracticability, in fact, its absurdity. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia

With their intolerance and impracticability they provoked the revolution of the Reformation in the northern countries, and, driven out of them, they came here to plant afresh their ignorance and fanaticism. The Shadow of the Cathedral

It is the object of this paper to show the impracticability of such systems when considered from a commercial standpoint, so long as the supply of coal lasts, and prices keep within reasonable limits. Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885

The sane, practical man shakes his head, smiles pityingly at my dreamy impracticability, and passes them by. An Englishman Looks at the World

But we are better satisfied than ever of the impracticability of permanent secession. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861

After a few more arguments as to the impracticability of his suggestions, the men dispersed, casting meaning glances at each other. For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store

They saw then, as they often do now, the seeming impracticability of preparing themselves for occupations which they apparently had no chance to follow. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War

Not that I do not expect success now, but accidental failure now will not be the evidence of its impracticability. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II

To admit the impossibility or the impracticability of universal peace is to stigmatize our vaunted civilization as a failure. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86

These facts convey a good idea of the impracticability of the forests of these countries. The Voyage of the Beagle

The objection of mechanical impracticability applies to any plan to preserve the balance by shifting weight or ballast. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship

But if the wings are to be modelled in imitation of natural examples, but very little consideration will serve to demonstrate its utter impracticability when applied in these forms.' A History of Aeronautics

He considers that their size will have to be great to the verge of impracticability and the power of the motor enormous in proportion to its weight. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation

Nor could I consider the magnitude and complexity of my plan as any argument of its impracticability. Frankenstein

She had spoken quite idly, secure in the very impracticability of the thing. The Brother of Daphne

This restiveness and impracticability are principally incident to us in the period of youth. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author

And yet at that very moment the impracticability to which poor Winterborne's suit had been reduced was touching Grace's heart to a warmer sentiment on his behalf than she had felt for years concerning him. The Woodlanders

But, as time passed, she saw the impracticability of that idea. Miss Billy — Married

The average sceptic wanted to know how I explained the namby-pamby note in the Gospel, the connection of the creed with mediaeval darkness and the political impracticability of the Celtic Christians. Orthodoxy

Yet Clare's love was doubtless ethereal to a fault, imaginative to impracticability. Tess of the d'Urbervilles

It was a fallacy, a mere chimera, that was gone; an impracticability too. Wylder's Hand

The weakness of this group, aside from its small size, was its impatience and impracticability. The United States Since the Civil War

Gazing out at the bleak expanse of tents extending for miles over a trodden welter of slush and snow, Anthony saw the impracticability of trudging to a telephone that night. The Beautiful and Damned

Whenever he called, I was denied to him, and at length, perceiving the impracticability of his plan, he desisted, and seldom called, excepting to leave his name as a visitor of ceremony. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire

What Fong told cannot be given in his own words, recited in his pidgin English, broken by cautions of secrecy and digressions as to the impracticability of enlightening his young ladies. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California

There was doubtless some excuse for the cry of impracticability when, in launching in 1857 his proposals for proportional representation, Thomas Hare suggested that the whole kingdom should form a single constituency. Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election

Yes, my dear marquis, you may talk as you please of the wildness and impracticability of the sentiments of my amiable solitaire, they are at least in the highest degree amusing and beautiful. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian

Upon this refusal Anthony had started to the telegraph office intending to wire Gloria to come South—he reached the door and receded despairingly, seeing the utter impracticability of such a move. The Beautiful and Damned

Their impracticabilities are more often in the field of practical life and remoter from their own immediate surroundings. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene

If negroes walked away from the plantations, it was conclusive proof of the incorrigible instability of the negro, and the impracticability of free negro labor. Report on the Condition of the South

Six General Elections have taken place in Belgium since the law of 1899, and now no one in the country speaks of the impracticability of proportional representation. Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election

Surely he cannot fail to realise all the impracticability, all the absurdity of conspiracies in Russia? A Desperate Character and Other Stories

Some of these letters were jocular in their tone, reminding him of his chronic impecuniosity, and his well-known impracticability in every thing relating to money. The Living Link

I put it down at first to the impracticability of fifty years and the fantastic bent of his mind under the influence of strong emotion. The Possessed (The Devils)

All intelligent whites admit that the "abolition of slavery" and the "impracticability of secession" are the plain and unmistakable verdicts of the war. Report on the Condition of the South

Trying to educate his own child according to Rousseau's plan, he not only discovered its impracticability but also that the only way to improve on it was to study the children themselves. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization

He thought of disguises and secret doors, and masks and wigs, of the wardrobe-baskets, but a moment's reflection convinced him of the impracticability of stowing Kate away in one of these. A Mummer's Wife

Much local interest had been roused by this statement and wagers had been made upon the practicability or impracticability of the attempt. The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1

It is much to his credit that he gave the scheme a thorough trial, and by carrying it out to a logical conclusion proved its radical impracticability. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne

These considerations should at least suffice to demonstrate the entire impracticability of Mr. Galton's two suggestions. Mankind in the Making

The impracticability of one consolidated government for this great and growing nation will be more apparent and will be universally admitted. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 1: James Monroe

Great injury, however, ensues to ourselves, as well as to others interested, from the distance to which prizes must be brought for adjudication and from the impracticability of bringing hither such as are not seaworthy. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 3: Thomas Jefferson

The difficulty and supposed impracticability of obtaining an amendment of the Constitution in this respect is, I firmly believe, in a great degree unfounded. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 3: Andrew Jackson, 1st term

His penetrating insight soon enabled him to see its impracticability until the French had won the command of the Channel. Sea-Power and Other Studies

I spoke, showing the impracticability of the Committee. A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II

Since the foregoing notes were written the impracticability of the universal or even of the general application of the principle has been fully demonstrated. The Peace Negotiations A Personal Narrative

He was shown the plan that had been prepared for a mechanical block of all the enemy North Sea bases, and he entirely concurred in the impracticability of carrying it out. The Crisis of the Naval War

I suppose before she has been in school a full term she will have discovered the impracticability of her uncle's method of settling the vexed question as to the pronunciation of "either" and "neither." The American Child

He pleaded the probable utter impracticability of such an enterprise. The Wolf's Long Howl

Even to those who expressed these ideas there lay visibly upon them the shadow of impracticability; they were very "advanced" ideas in 1914, very Utopian. In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace

This alone proved the impracticability of the plan McClellan first conceived, of making the Kanawha valley the line of an important movement into eastern Virginia. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863

As yet the danger of impracticability, discouragement, confusion, and paralysis of all that had been hoped for, was but faintly indicated in the dreaminess and fancifulness of his nature. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1

But, owing chiefly to his own impracticability, his story from this point is one of decline, gradual at first, but increasing in velocity, until the end came in disaster and despair. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century

The Emperor's impracticability was sufficiently shown by his having procured from Perkin his own recognition as heir, if the pretender should die without issue. England under the Tudors

Strict construction was practically dead, destroyed by its impracticability. The United States of America, Part 1

It was Lord Kelvin who, but a few years before the thing was actually accomplished, declared that aerial navigation was an impracticable dream, and demonstrated its impracticability by calculation. Curiosities of the Sky

"If we had an airship, for instance!" and he laughed at the impracticability of his remark. The Boy Ranchers on the Trail

The awkwardness and impracticability of proving the truth or falsity of a statement that makes several assertions has been treated under the head of Combined Propositions. Practical Argumentation

Indeed, had you, like me, seen his respectful behaviour, you would have been convinced of the impracticability of supporting any further indignation. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World

There is no writer of the present day who has so much puzzled me by his eccentricities, impracticabilities, and capabilities as Charles Reade. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope

He proved to him the impracticability of sudden leaps and reforms from above, founded neither on knowledge of the mother-country, nor on any genuine faith in any ideal, even a negative one. A House of Gentlefolk

So that, after crossing one division, Stoneman found that it would probably be isolated on account of the impracticability of crossing the rest of the corps, and consequently ordered its immediate return. The Campaign of Chancellorsville

The hindrance often amounts, for the time being, to impracticability. Considerations on Representative Government

It implies a combination of littleness of nature, small self-conceit, readiness to take offence, determination in little things to have one's own way, and general impracticability. The Recreations of a Country Parson

Ellen sighed at the impracticability of her sister-in-law and the blindness of fortune. Magnum Bonum

The journeys of Mr. Eyre had, however, proved the impracticability of a direct northerly course from Mount Arden. Expedition into Central Australia

This he explained to me, and also the impracticability of now making the Cape, pointing out upon the map the Swan River Settlement in Australia as the point he should endeavor first to make. Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress

Yet the arguments of impracticability, and what is even worse, the disproportionate sacrifice which the female is called upon to make—these arguments, which you have urged in a manner immediately irresistible, I cannot withstand. Percy Bysshe Shelley

I do not give any weight to the supposed impracticability of Mr. Hare's scheme because it is new. The English Constitution

She was very civil, and gave us cake and wine, to the former of which Dora did ample justice, but oh! the impracticability of those people! My Young Alcides

To be on ill terms with her father had caused her pain, the only effect of which, however, was to heighten the sullen impracticability of her temper. The Nether World

More boys were quitting the school than the new-comers could balance; and James spoke with acute vexation of the impracticability of the boys, and the folly of the parents. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2

Mrs. Edwards listened with open ears, and together they bewailed the impracticability of moving the Canon to raising Bridgefield to anything approaching to such a standard; while Nuttie absolutely cultivated her home sickness. Nuttie's Father

She argued on the impracticability of taking them from their natural protectors, and again tried to lead them upwards, finally betaking herself to the repetition of hymns, which put them to sleep. The Trial

In the second number of the Crisis, which I find has been republished in England, I endeavored to set forth the impracticability of conquering America. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis

I tried to show him the impracticability of the course that he was following. The Chronicles of Clovis

These speeches in some measure corrected the awkwardness of my proposal; sympathy for me was expressed, but the impracticability of my proposition, which all had approved, was demonstrated. What to Do?

To say nothing of the impracticability of suddenly converting a nation to the principles of vegetarianism, radical changes abruptly undertaken are always productive of ill effects. The Royal Road to Health

The very impracticability of this scheme did not weigh with her. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn

The great risk in attacking rogue elephants consists in the impracticability of quick movements upon such ground as they generally frequent. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon

This somewhat loose argument unquestionably kept certain Senators who recognized the impracticability of the maximum rate, but feared for the constitutionality of the absolute rate, in line for the Stetson bill. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909

He thought that because of its madness it was impracticable, but because of its impracticability it was divine. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero

I am glad no one suspects my absurd project; for every hour convinces me of its impracticability. A Face Illumined

They had been exposed to a variety of disagreeable adventures from the impracticability of the road. Travels through France and Italy

I shall not go into the cruelty of this objection, but merely consider the impracticability of it. Anarchism and Other Essays

It takes down the solitary pride of man, beyond most other things, to find the impracticability of flinging aside affections that have grown irksome. The Blithedale Romance

But even to me the impracticability of this plan came home at last. Dead Men Tell No Tales

单词	impracticability
例句	impracticability She glossed over the impracticability of the proposal: It won’t solve highway traffic congestion. Opinion \| Privatization of a ‘public good’ 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z “But here, think about the impracticability of this – there is no one to serve,” said Lallas, calling the complaint a “fishing expedition.” Prince Harry, Meghan Markle privacy lawsuit a ‘fishing expedition’ to ‘discourage’ paparazzi, tabloids: expert 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z "Despite the ultimate impracticability of such negotiations, the City nevertheless attempted, where possible, to negotiate with its various creditor constituencies in good faith," Detroit said in court papers. Analysis: Detroit set to beat bad-faith charge over bankruptcy 2013-07-26T04:03:18Z Rupert, as we have seen, was anxious for the very same thing, but he saw its impracticability and yielded to necessity. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z He was still met by the assertion of impracticability. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Now it was that Captain Hardy represented to Nelson the impracticability of passing through the enemy’s line without running on board one of their ships; he was coolly told to take his choice. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The church, making the application general, had pleaded the impracticability of "going out of the world." The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z For in point of fact what one may call an organic impracticability lay at the core of the moral scheme of Richardson and Fielding. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z The necessity of preventing any interference whatever with the passing trade by the rebels, arises from the impracticability of recovering any duties they might extort without a serious collision. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z True, there will be found, mingled with these strata of pure gold, veins of impracticability, sophistry, prejudice, extravagance, and violence. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The impracticability of preventing the pernicious practice of running wool is now well understood. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z Sympathy for me was expressed along with their general approbation, but they pointed out the impracticability of my scheme. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z Borrow ignored Owen’s persistent intemperance and general impracticability. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z People keep silkworms to spin that beautiful fabric for them; and M. Agassiz has shown there is no impracticability. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z But one was present there who did not believe in impracticabilities. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z The plan has no elements of uncertainty or impracticability. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z You are always full of projects; and the impracticability and absurdity of your ideas does not in the least discourage you. Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z We propose to examine this question, but we believe that the practicability or impracticability of that event does not become one of the primary or even early elements of the discussion. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z At one time, it occurred to Catesby to attempt to maintain possession of the castle; but this design was overruled by the other conspirators, who represented to him the impracticability of the design. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z The different die or matrix theory is therefore thrown out on grounds of impracticability and absurdity. Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery 2011-09-18T02:00:28.007Z The impracticability of recruiting soldiers or mobilizing a reserve force from wage earners or clerical employees with families dependent on their earnings for their living, must always be borne in mind. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z These figures showed the impracticability of either low or uniform postage rates, unless the legislatures were willing to take on themselves the yearly deficits, which were certain to occur. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z I am opposed to Socialism principally because of its impracticability. Why I am opposed to socialism 2011-08-30T02:00:37.547Z The impracticability does not consist so much in this, that no such intense light can be made artificially, as in the circumstance that the illuminating power of light decreases enormously as we recede from it. Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes 2011-08-29T02:01:12.927Z But his impracticabilities lose him the place after a very short incumbency; he crosses to Italy; sees Naples, Amain, and Vesuvius; sees, and knows well at Rome, our American painter, Washington Allston. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z That should convince the worst blockhead of the impracticability of his dreams. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z The bill of the Lower Canadian assembly appeared to the committee to illustrate the impracticability of any scheme such as that proposed by the imperial government in 1834. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Its leadership thrives because its impracticability prevents the experimental tests that would expose its sophistry. Why I am opposed to socialism 2011-08-30T02:00:37.547Z Finally he yielded, because he thought she would see for herself, when in Vienna, the impracticability of her desire. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z This was, however, not the first nor the last time that scientific men had predicted impracticabilities with electricity which afterwards blossomed into full success. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The impracticability of navigating those waters by the force of sails, caused the invention to be hailed there with acclamation; and this explains the cause of its rapid multiplication. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z But the cat-like watchfulness of the Indians never flagged, and upon such occasions a glance was enough to show the impracticability of any such scheme. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z I am opposed to Socialism as a method or system because of the impracticability of any particular program thus far formulated by Socialists. Why I am opposed to socialism 2011-08-30T02:00:37.547Z He also pointed out the impracticability of escape, since the river was infested with hippopotami, and the forests with fierce animals. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z "Who said anything about charity?" she answered, knowing the impracticability of such an appeal. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z A. I mean its inexpediency on several accounts: the poverty and inability of those who were to pay the tax, the general discontent it has occasioned, and the impracticability of enforcing it. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z The impracticability of the theory of using chemically prepared wood for violins is sufficiently understood at the present time to render it useless to pursue the discussion in these pages. George Gem?nder's Progress in Violin Making With Interesting Facts Concerning the Art and Its Critics in General 2011-05-20T02:00:32.993Z We have sought to dispel the fiction about the shaping influence of Nietzsche upon the thought and conduct of his nation, and have accounted for the miscarriage of his ethics by their fantastic impracticability. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z A concrete illustration of the impracticability of scientific forestry under existing conditions is afforded by the experimental forest in Franklin County established under an act of 1898. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z Then reason reasserted itself, and decided the impracticability of both methods. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z There need be no attempt to do either, for Mill himself made an important restriction in his definition of what should be done which relieves it from the stigma of dishonesty or impracticability. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z In it the students are necessarily interrogated on different subjects, so that it becomes a matter of difficulty, nay of impracticability, to determine, with any accuracy, their relative standing. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z The moral at the close, inferring the impracticability of Communism, may probably be accepted as sound, if restricted to non-religious experiments. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z The plan of reconstruction, as here presented, embodied many impracticabilities and impossibilities, but it indicated in broad outlines the propositions to be discussed in the succeeding months. The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction 2011-03-26T02:00:12.183Z "The conquest of the American colonies is to Great Britain an eternal impracticability!" he would thunder, rejoicing in polysyllables. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z I do not believe in the utopian schemes which have been ground out of the brains of philosophers who mistake vagueness and impracticability for sublimity, and which they have misnamed association. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z He thought to overset Lee's new idea by showing him its impracticability. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z Mr. Hinchford sat and philosophized to himself all the evening on the impracticability of arriving at a thorough understanding of human nature, as exemplified in "girl-kind." Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z But if they mean to say, that, with a due appreciation of physical culture, such a school is an impracticability, I am confident they are mistaken. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z I find there is spirit, courage, a strong will; obstinacy—impracticability—no milksop—a bit of a virago! Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z But nearly all felt the impracticability of further resistance. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies He argued at length against a single executive and in favor of a single house Legislature in the teeth of innumerable facts proving the utter impracticability of both. The True Benjamin Franklin I wish I could convince gentlemen of the danger or impracticability, of this as fully as I believe it myself. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The impracticability of charging the ordinary letter rate, since such a charge would have been prohibitory, which has influenced the newspaper rate, is equally applicable to samples. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study Morgan had complained that reformers always failed through their dreamy impracticability. The Tempering "The impracticability of defending the bar, I fear, amounts to the loss of the town and garrison," writes he in reply. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools It has been frequently remarked by a philosopher of our acquaintance, whose only fault is impracticability, that in life there is but one real difficulty: this is simply—what to do in the mean time? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. “Left and come down?” said Hazel mechanically, as she thought of the narrowness of her present income, and the impracticability of making it feed another hearty appetite as well as those at home. The New Mistress A Tale But even concurrently with the idea, he realised the absolute impracticability of it. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Curiously enough, this latter measure met with considerable opposition on the grounds of its impracticability because of the numerous portes coch�res. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 At length, the duke, made aware of the severe loss sustained by his men, and of the impracticability of the attempt, as darkness was setting in, gave the signal for retreat. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 He wrote to him accordingly, stating the impracticability of the attempt. Hernando Cortez Makers of History You know as well as I do the utter impracticability of my refunding any part of the money I owe you at present. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 The good sister alternately deals effective blows against Mr. George's impracticabilities and urges upon the rich, alike ecclesiastical as lay, the inauguration of true anti-poverty from the top of society.... Eden An Episode This fellow trusted, no doubt, to the supposed impracticability of the fort, and therefore came to the resolution of keeping possession of it for himself. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment A gaucho without his steed is an impracticability. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 Perhaps, because of his youth and a certain air of unsophistication and impracticability which went with him, his employers were not inclined to consider money matters in connection with him. The "Genius" Ignorant of the impracticability of their attempt, our adventurers entered upon it with a spirit worthy of success,—worthy of the country from which they had come. The Boy Slaves But I apprehend their schemes failed of success rather on account of their intrinsic difficulties than on account of any necessary impracticability of a reform. Noah Webster American Men of Letters A moment's reflection convinced him of the impracticability of this attempt, for he knew not her name or residence. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Half a day's search convinced me of its impracticability. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 The Duke of Wellington told me that he thought it would pass away for this time, and that all parties would be convinced of the impracticability of any of the plans now mooted. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II If there was one man who knew the impracticability of a "simple blockade," it was the General in command of the Continental army. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France It may, however, have happened, that the want of communication was owing to the impracticability of the mountains, and not to the shortness of the frontier. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha The alleged impracticability is not in the ideal but in the difficulty of making the ideal such a dominant part of our being that it shall consistently direct our activities under every circumstance. Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association She had had her hopes in the impracticability of Lord Hampstead. Marion Fay His obstinacy and impracticability are so extreme that nobody can move him, and Sefton told me that nothing could be more unsatisfactory than the termination of the meeting. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II But the impracticability of making any definite statement as to the exact nature or extent of such mental sexual differentiation is evident. The Truth About Woman This sandstone is used in a few buildings, but I have seen no large blocks, and the difficulty, or impracticability, of procuring such, has probably occasioned this stone to be in general neglected. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha Thunderstruck at the temerity of the project, Torres undertook, but at first with small success, to convince Herrera of its impracticability, and induce him to abandon it, at least for the time. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 We take no baggage of any description, being fully aware of the danger and impracticability of so doing; so that if we are again attacked, we shall be able to gallop for our lives. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 The impracticability of adding a stripe for each state was apparent as other states began to be admitted. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 He is, however, so convinced of the impracticability of parliamentary help or of a commission that he is much inclined to try. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice In all this could be read the merciless greed and impracticability of these goldseekers. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Her mind had gone off to her basket of bananas, and was besides occupied with a little lurking wonder at Reuben's impracticability. Say and Seal, Volume II Why will you misunderstand me so?” sighed Phillis, almost in despair at her sister’s impracticability. Not Like Other Girls The impracticability of successful assault on the north side was then accepted. Ulysses S. Grant Does not all this suffice to show the desperate shifts to which even two such distinguished judges are driven, in order to support the new rule, and conceal its impracticability? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Protests and remonstrances innumerable were addressed to the emperor, pointing out the absolute impracticability of carrying his beneficent scheme into effect, based chiefly on the ground that the serfs themselves were opposed to emancipation. The Land of Thor But it needs no deep study of human nature, or yet of these novels, to understand the impracticability of two such minds long remaining together in unity. Famous Women: George Sand They saw the impracticability of getting across the river while opposed from the opposite bank. The Giraffe Hunters But a few seconds’ consideration of this plan convinced Leicester of its utter impracticability. The Voyage of the Aurora And does he not see the impracticability of the scheme contemplated by the latter? A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. She tried to keep the races together; but she has found it impractical, that impracticability growing more and more clear as the years have run on. Church work among the Negroes in the South The Hale Memorial Sermon No. 2 Not a moment's reflection was needed, however, to convince him of the utter impracticability of this scheme. The Sign of the Spider The fallacy of his ideas and the impracticability of his scheme must, indeed, have become evident, at the first moment it was brought under consideration. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply Madison knew the impracticability of such a step, but, finding that he could only carry the presidential election of 1812 with the support of this section of his party, he declared war. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Direct Steam-pumps.—Direct steam has the disadvantage of radiated heat in the workings, of loss by the radiation, and, worse still, of the impracticability of placing and operating a highly efficient steam-engine underground. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration All were men of more than average independence of temper, an independence which, in one or two, approached nearly to that which practical politicians call impracticability. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 All can feel the impracticability of the Hubongramillposanfy numeration, and the absurdity of the equality of contour of a regular pentagon and hexagon in one and the same circle. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II Perhaps Edward Nash by this time realized the injustice or the impracticability of his claim. Shakespeare's Family After the impracticability of using spectral color has been shown in the fourth chapter, the fifth proceeds to build a practical color solid. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma However, the antagonism of rival commercial routes was so powerful that the bill was allowed to pass only after it had been so amended that it was supposed to require an impracticability. James B. Eads The door slammed behind art and love and impracticability, and he stood in his vast drawing-room alone. The Prodigal Father The author regrets the impracticability of mentioning all of these by name. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium A word had been said once as to the impracticability of having dinner ready for a gentleman, when the gentleman would never say whether he would want a dinner. Ralph the Heir The absurdity and impracticability of such a proposition did not occur to him at the moment, only the humiliation and the horror of it. The Flag So persuaded was he of the impracticability of the measure, that he even uniformly opposed the object when attempted by others. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Ignorant of the impracticability of their attempt, our adventurers entered upon it with a spirit worthy of success—worthy of the country from which they had come. The Boy Slaves Had Wilmot at once declared the impracticability of Lord Stanley's schemes he might have been recalled, but the responsibility of an utter failure would have rested with his chief. The History of Tasmania, Volume I The reason Mrs. Peachey assigns for not sending her works to the gallery is the impracticability of their being carried up stairs without being, from their extreme fragility, seriously injured, perhaps mutilated. The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling Some sort of association existed, but what it was, considered with the impracticability of unobserved entrance and exit, was beyond his comprehension. The Flaw in the Sapphire The exigencies of city life make this arrangement in some cases inconvenient, and yet inconvenience is less often than is popularly supposed synonymous with impracticability. The Education of American Girls Vizcarra had, at first, some scruples about the affair—not on the score of conscience, but of impracticability and fear of detection. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico This is an obvious possibility, and, I am afraid, an obvious impracticability. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I Similar considerations seem to show the impracticability on any considerable scale of a second possible expedient, namely, borrowing abroad. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Still, I trust that in our enthusiasm for ethic and for the ideal of its master, we have not lost our heads and betaken ourselves to Utopian impracticabilities. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles I am aware of the impracticability of an immediate or early execution of any plan that combines deportation with emancipation, and of the inadmissibility of emancipation without deportation. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 We have no motive in noticing this gorgeous dream of 'the Committee,' except to show its fallacy—its impracticability, in fact, its absurdity. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party It was all brought on by his impracticability, his whimsicality, his eccentricity, and his punctiliousness. The Lady of the Ice A Novel But enough has, I hope, been said to clear the scheme itself from the objection of uselessness or of impracticability. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Dr. Angell took a vigorous stand in opposition and by a careful and well-reasoned statement of the case convinced the Regents of the inexpediency and impracticability of such a measure. The University of Michigan But the sugar planters, powerfully represented in Parliament, demanded protection, while to Grenville's mind the systematic violation of a law was rather an argument against its repeal than an evidence of its impracticability. Beginnings of the American People Instantly rushing down the bank, the four officers plunged into the canal and swam across, thus proving the impracticability of fording it. Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign Dexter sat very thoughtful and still, dreaming of the wonders of far-off places, such as could be reached by Bob Dimsted and his companion, the impracticability of such a journey never once occurring to him. Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel I do not know how far they are possible; but it seems to me that God has plainly commanded them, and that, therefore, their impracticability is a thing to be meditated on. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature Nothing but the impracticability of it could have prevented me from removing her to her own home, for which she has been pining so sadly. Christie Redfern's Troubles Though he has two such good-natured people to deal with, nothing can exceed his impracticability. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order And Bridgie wept too, smiling through her tears at the impracticability of the promise, the while she clasped the dear little sister to her breast. Pixie O'Shaughnessy Otherwise a refusal would be set down as sheer impracticability, or else the selfish ambition of a clique which could not stand alone, and should no longer attempt to do so. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 But a very few minutes’ consideration of that scheme sufficed to convince me of its impracticability. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron A.—I mean its inexpediency on several accounts: the poverty and inability of those who were to pay the tax, the general discontent it has occasioned, and the impracticability of enforcing it. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 The impracticability of re-building the city except on old foundations soon become manifest, and the handsome design which Wren prepared had to be dismissed. London and the Kingdom - Volume II She was laughing again, full of mischief and wilful impracticability, and Mademoiselle was tactful enough to realise that the time was not apt for pressing her lesson further. Pixie O'Shaughnessy This last phrase does not make certain whether Buller's judgment coincided with that of Warren concerning the impracticability of the Acton Homes route, but it seems to indicate that it did not. Story of the War in South Africa 1899-1900 No doubt British tradition has had something to do with the matter, but the impracticability of this remedy is much more due to the fact that the employees confront an agricultural and middle class majority. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement "Agreed," said the excited Figgins, quite forgetting the impracticability of such an arrangement and the disadvantages it would give him. Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series He was soon made to realize the impracticability of disregarding the old lines of party. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. There is no trace of passion in it, but a philosophical calm with great obstinacy and impracticability. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 It suffices that proposals such as these, apart from their vagueness and their obvious impracticability in any form, are directly condemned by the fundamental principle that a man shall be responsible for his acts. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Borrow ignored Owen's persistent intemperance and general impracticability. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends Whether I succeeded in convincing him of the impracticability of his scheme, I do not know, as he died before the matter was settled. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer It is a story of startling success, and then of disappointment through colonial impracticability. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field He imagined, therefore, that the ministers of France, convinced of the impracticability of their scheme, would at last embrace pacific views, and would abandon an enterprise so obnoxious to all the potentates of Europe. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary Lafayette moved with so much celerity and caution as to convince Cornwallis of the impracticability of overtaking him, or of preventing his junction with Wayne. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Sensible of the impracticability of defending such an extensive frontier, Colonel Washington continued to press the policy of enabling him to act on the offensive. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Convinced by this disaster of the impracticability of approaching Quebec on the side of the Montmorency, Wolfe again turned his whole attention to the St. Lawrence. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States He did no think of the impracticability of any question of marriage; he did not think in any definite sense of their relations as man and woman. Great Possessions An experience of a certain writer will serve to illustrate the impracticability of writing the final form of the synopsis first. Writing the Photoplay The arc-lamp is limited in its application by its unsteadiness, its bulkiness, and the impracticability of subdividing it into light-sources of a great range of luminous intensities. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization Among other motives for an early campaign, Colonel Washington had urged the impracticability of detaining the Indians. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Hampton in other and happier days had made something of a study of the feminine nature, and he realized now the utter impracticability of any attempt at driving. Bob Hampton of Placer For some reason best known to himself, he begged of me to return to Mostar, insisting on the impracticability of travelling in Bosnia in the present state of political feeling. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels Money was so rare a thing in their narrow little world that even to his impracticability it partook of magic. Destiny But Jack had simply answered him by sermons;—by sermons and an assurance of the impracticability of his scheme. An Eye for an Eye One objection to this was, its impracticability; another, that it would put it out of our power to lay such duties on alien importation as might encourage importation by natives. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 The average sceptic wanted to know how I explained the namby-pamby note in the Gospel, the connection of the creed with mediæval darkness and the political impracticability of the Celtic Christians. Orthodoxy The plea of impracticability on the score of dislocation 26 might then be valid. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar But he was in need of no further evidence to convince him of the utter impracticability of the route before him. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I. To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. Various causes combined to make the idea of giving the first performances of the Ring in this theatre an utter impracticability, and Wagner reverted to his old pet idea of building a theatre for himself. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas Rupture of the suspensory ligament constitutes a condition which is, as a rule, hopeless, because of the impracticability of treating such cases. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 It is with their pride and impracticability that princes are most hurt. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) The impracticability of penetrating into the Atlantic on either side, through the strait, is therefore all that remains to be submitted to the consideration of the public. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Repeated experience has shown, not only the impracticability of conquering America, but the still higher impossibility of conquering her mind, or recalling her back to her former condition of thinking. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up It is one thing obstinately to adhere to an opinion in defiance of its impracticability: another to retract that opinion so soon as its impracticability is demonstrated. Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century And unless the practitioner distinctly explains to his client the various reasons which make treatment an economic impracticability, dissatisfaction is likely to follow if treatment is instituted without such an understanding. Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 A characteristic movement of the arm above the shoulders signifies vivid imagination, or impracticability. Certain Success Mr. Couche has represented to the head of his department the total impracticability of carrying on the public service without a remittance of specie, or a government paper substitute. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock Because the impracticability of subjugating this country, being every day more and more manifest, it is their interest to extricate themselves from the war upon any terms. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up The impracticability of an assault on any one of the stubborn, well-guarded gates was at once recognised. Truxton King A Story of Graustark Even the rudimentary intelligence of that primitive people discerned the impracticability of laws forbidding the seller to set his own price on the thing he would sell and declare it worth that price. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 Dr. Cunningham's estimate of its importance, 27. its impracticability demonstrated by Endemann, 20. value of the study of, 29. An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching This wilfulness, or something that borders upon it, is shown alike in her impracticability to the Duke's solicitations, and in her pertinacity in soliciting his messenger. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Though conscious throughout of Baker's contempt for what the promoter would call his childish impracticability, his disloyalty and his crankiness, Bob realized that all of this had been carefully subdued. The Rules of the Game In order to put them off this ruinous plan, I represented to them the impracticability of building the boats, as our tools and other materials were already worn out and expended. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. The President, who was in council with them, after due consideration was convinced of the impracticability of a forward movement. History of Kershaw's Brigade He does not appear to have realised that development and adaptability to new situations, far from being marks of impracticability, are rather the signs of vitality and of elasticity. An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching It seemed as if he feared that we might insist on the impracticability of the plan, which he must have studiously concealed from himself. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 The man was impracticable, and yet his very impracticability aroused in a measure her admiration. The Philanderers It was never seriously taken up again, and, though never explicitly abandoned, died a natural death from inanition, somewhat to the relief of Miss Barrett, who had come to recognise its impracticability. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) As before, he felt his own impracticability borne in upon him, and he decided to sacrifice himself for the Cause as far as conscience permitted. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Wolfe between persuasion of the impracticability, unwillingness to leave any attempt untried that could be proposed, and weariness and anxiety of mind and body, had determined to make one last effort above the town. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 272, September 8, 1827 The supposed impracticability of his plan has perhaps hitherto deterred those most competent to the work from giving it the consideration which it deserves. Notes and Queries, Number 31, June 1, 1850 But the party of action urged him towards Rome, cost what it might, with the impracticability of men who expect the walls of cities to fall at the blast of the trumpet. Cavour The principal obstacle to the successful operation of disability insurance has been the difficulty experienced in its administration—largely on account of the impracticability of closely defining permanent or total disability. Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions But recognizing also the impracticabilities of place and time, he established separate schools for whites and blacks. Strange True Stories of Louisiana The impracticability of keeping the convicts within the limits prescribed for them became every day more evident. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. Of course, Prince Bismarck immediately realized the Utopian character of the scheme, saw its impracticability, and proceeded to condemn it with more than his ordinary irritability and brusquerie. The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) The Brunswick canal project was descanted upon, and pronounced, without a shadow of dissent, a scheme the impracticability of which all but convicted its projectors of insanity. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 Experience soon showed the impracticability of this scheme and the need of unified management. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II We have no motive in noticing this gorgeous dream of 'the Committee' except to show its fallacy—its impracticability, in fact, its absurdity. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia With their intolerance and impracticability they provoked the revolution of the Reformation in the northern countries, and, driven out of them, they came here to plant afresh their ignorance and fanaticism. The Shadow of the Cathedral It is the object of this paper to show the impracticability of such systems when considered from a commercial standpoint, so long as the supply of coal lasts, and prices keep within reasonable limits. Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885 The sane, practical man shakes his head, smiles pityingly at my dreamy impracticability, and passes them by. An Englishman Looks at the World But we are better satisfied than ever of the impracticability of permanent secession. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 After a few more arguments as to the impracticability of his suggestions, the men dispersed, casting meaning glances at each other. For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store They saw then, as they often do now, the seeming impracticability of preparing themselves for occupations which they apparently had no chance to follow. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War Not that I do not expect success now, but accidental failure now will not be the evidence of its impracticability. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II To admit the impossibility or the impracticability of universal peace is to stigmatize our vaunted civilization as a failure. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 These facts convey a good idea of the impracticability of the forests of these countries. The Voyage of the Beagle The objection of mechanical impracticability applies to any plan to preserve the balance by shifting weight or ballast. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship But if the wings are to be modelled in imitation of natural examples, but very little consideration will serve to demonstrate its utter impracticability when applied in these forms.' A History of Aeronautics He considers that their size will have to be great to the verge of impracticability and the power of the motor enormous in proportion to its weight. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation Nor could I consider the magnitude and complexity of my plan as any argument of its impracticability. Frankenstein She had spoken quite idly, secure in the very impracticability of the thing. The Brother of Daphne This restiveness and impracticability are principally incident to us in the period of youth. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author And yet at that very moment the impracticability to which poor Winterborne's suit had been reduced was touching Grace's heart to a warmer sentiment on his behalf than she had felt for years concerning him. The Woodlanders But, as time passed, she saw the impracticability of that idea. Miss Billy — Married The average sceptic wanted to know how I explained the namby-pamby note in the Gospel, the connection of the creed with mediaeval darkness and the political impracticability of the Celtic Christians. Orthodoxy Yet Clare's love was doubtless ethereal to a fault, imaginative to impracticability. Tess of the d'Urbervilles It was a fallacy, a mere chimera, that was gone; an impracticability too. Wylder's Hand The weakness of this group, aside from its small size, was its impatience and impracticability. The United States Since the Civil War Gazing out at the bleak expanse of tents extending for miles over a trodden welter of slush and snow, Anthony saw the impracticability of trudging to a telephone that night. The Beautiful and Damned Whenever he called, I was denied to him, and at length, perceiving the impracticability of his plan, he desisted, and seldom called, excepting to leave his name as a visitor of ceremony. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire What Fong told cannot be given in his own words, recited in his pidgin English, broken by cautions of secrecy and digressions as to the impracticability of enlightening his young ladies. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California There was doubtless some excuse for the cry of impracticability when, in launching in 1857 his proposals for proportional representation, Thomas Hare suggested that the whole kingdom should form a single constituency. Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election Yes, my dear marquis, you may talk as you please of the wildness and impracticability of the sentiments of my amiable solitaire, they are at least in the highest degree amusing and beautiful. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian Upon this refusal Anthony had started to the telegraph office intending to wire Gloria to come South—he reached the door and receded despairingly, seeing the utter impracticability of such a move. The Beautiful and Damned Their impracticabilities are more often in the field of practical life and remoter from their own immediate surroundings. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene If negroes walked away from the plantations, it was conclusive proof of the incorrigible instability of the negro, and the impracticability of free negro labor. Report on the Condition of the South Six General Elections have taken place in Belgium since the law of 1899, and now no one in the country speaks of the impracticability of proportional representation. Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election Surely he cannot fail to realise all the impracticability, all the absurdity of conspiracies in Russia? A Desperate Character and Other Stories Some of these letters were jocular in their tone, reminding him of his chronic impecuniosity, and his well-known impracticability in every thing relating to money. The Living Link I put it down at first to the impracticability of fifty years and the fantastic bent of his mind under the influence of strong emotion. The Possessed (The Devils) All intelligent whites admit that the "abolition of slavery" and the "impracticability of secession" are the plain and unmistakable verdicts of the war. Report on the Condition of the South Trying to educate his own child according to Rousseau's plan, he not only discovered its impracticability but also that the only way to improve on it was to study the children themselves. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization He thought of disguises and secret doors, and masks and wigs, of the wardrobe-baskets, but a moment's reflection convinced him of the impracticability of stowing Kate away in one of these. A Mummer's Wife Much local interest had been roused by this statement and wagers had been made upon the practicability or impracticability of the attempt. The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 It is much to his credit that he gave the scheme a thorough trial, and by carrying it out to a logical conclusion proved its radical impracticability. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne These considerations should at least suffice to demonstrate the entire impracticability of Mr. Galton's two suggestions. Mankind in the Making The impracticability of one consolidated government for this great and growing nation will be more apparent and will be universally admitted. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 1: James Monroe Great injury, however, ensues to ourselves, as well as to others interested, from the distance to which prizes must be brought for adjudication and from the impracticability of bringing hither such as are not seaworthy. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 3: Thomas Jefferson The difficulty and supposed impracticability of obtaining an amendment of the Constitution in this respect is, I firmly believe, in a great degree unfounded. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 2, part 3: Andrew Jackson, 1st term His penetrating insight soon enabled him to see its impracticability until the French had won the command of the Channel. Sea-Power and Other Studies I spoke, showing the impracticability of the Committee. A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II Since the foregoing notes were written the impracticability of the universal or even of the general application of the principle has been fully demonstrated. The Peace Negotiations A Personal Narrative He was shown the plan that had been prepared for a mechanical block of all the enemy North Sea bases, and he entirely concurred in the impracticability of carrying it out. The Crisis of the Naval War I suppose before she has been in school a full term she will have discovered the impracticability of her uncle's method of settling the vexed question as to the pronunciation of "either" and "neither." The American Child He pleaded the probable utter impracticability of such an enterprise. The Wolf's Long Howl Even to those who expressed these ideas there lay visibly upon them the shadow of impracticability; they were very "advanced" ideas in 1914, very Utopian. In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace This alone proved the impracticability of the plan McClellan first conceived, of making the Kanawha valley the line of an important movement into eastern Virginia. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 As yet the danger of impracticability, discouragement, confusion, and paralysis of all that had been hoped for, was but faintly indicated in the dreaminess and fancifulness of his nature. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 But, owing chiefly to his own impracticability, his story from this point is one of decline, gradual at first, but increasing in velocity, until the end came in disaster and despair. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century The Emperor's impracticability was sufficiently shown by his having procured from Perkin his own recognition as heir, if the pretender should die without issue. England under the Tudors Strict construction was practically dead, destroyed by its impracticability. The United States of America, Part 1 It was Lord Kelvin who, but a few years before the thing was actually accomplished, declared that aerial navigation was an impracticable dream, and demonstrated its impracticability by calculation. Curiosities of the Sky "If we had an airship, for instance!" and he laughed at the impracticability of his remark. The Boy Ranchers on the Trail The awkwardness and impracticability of proving the truth or falsity of a statement that makes several assertions has been treated under the head of Combined Propositions. Practical Argumentation Indeed, had you, like me, seen his respectful behaviour, you would have been convinced of the impracticability of supporting any further indignation. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World There is no writer of the present day who has so much puzzled me by his eccentricities, impracticabilities, and capabilities as Charles Reade. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope He proved to him the impracticability of sudden leaps and reforms from above, founded neither on knowledge of the mother-country, nor on any genuine faith in any ideal, even a negative one. A House of Gentlefolk So that, after crossing one division, Stoneman found that it would probably be isolated on account of the impracticability of crossing the rest of the corps, and consequently ordered its immediate return. The Campaign of Chancellorsville The hindrance often amounts, for the time being, to impracticability. Considerations on Representative Government It implies a combination of littleness of nature, small self-conceit, readiness to take offence, determination in little things to have one's own way, and general impracticability. The Recreations of a Country Parson Ellen sighed at the impracticability of her sister-in-law and the blindness of fortune. Magnum Bonum The journeys of Mr. Eyre had, however, proved the impracticability of a direct northerly course from Mount Arden. Expedition into Central Australia This he explained to me, and also the impracticability of now making the Cape, pointing out upon the map the Swan River Settlement in Australia as the point he should endeavor first to make. Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress Yet the arguments of impracticability, and what is even worse, the disproportionate sacrifice which the female is called upon to make—these arguments, which you have urged in a manner immediately irresistible, I cannot withstand. Percy Bysshe Shelley I do not give any weight to the supposed impracticability of Mr. Hare's scheme because it is new. The English Constitution She was very civil, and gave us cake and wine, to the former of which Dora did ample justice, but oh! the impracticability of those people! My Young Alcides To be on ill terms with her father had caused her pain, the only effect of which, however, was to heighten the sullen impracticability of her temper. The Nether World More boys were quitting the school than the new-comers could balance; and James spoke with acute vexation of the impracticability of the boys, and the folly of the parents. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 Mrs. Edwards listened with open ears, and together they bewailed the impracticability of moving the Canon to raising Bridgefield to anything approaching to such a standard; while Nuttie absolutely cultivated her home sickness. Nuttie's Father She argued on the impracticability of taking them from their natural protectors, and again tried to lead them upwards, finally betaking herself to the repetition of hymns, which put them to sleep. The Trial In the second number of the Crisis, which I find has been republished in England, I endeavored to set forth the impracticability of conquering America. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): the American Crisis I tried to show him the impracticability of the course that he was following. The Chronicles of Clovis These speeches in some measure corrected the awkwardness of my proposal; sympathy for me was expressed, but the impracticability of my proposition, which all had approved, was demonstrated. What to Do? These speeches in some measure corrected the awkwardness of my proposal; sympathy for me was expressed, but the impracticability of my proposition, which all had approved, was demonstrated. What to Do? Thoughts Evoked By the Census of Moscow To say nothing of the impracticability of suddenly converting a nation to the principles of vegetarianism, radical changes abruptly undertaken are always productive of ill effects. The Royal Road to Health The very impracticability of this scheme did not weigh with her. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn The great risk in attacking rogue elephants consists in the impracticability of quick movements upon such ground as they generally frequent. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon This somewhat loose argument unquestionably kept certain Senators who recognized the impracticability of the maximum rate, but feared for the constitutionality of the absolute rate, in line for the Stetson bill. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 He thought that because of its madness it was impracticable, but because of its impracticability it was divine. Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero I am glad no one suspects my absurd project; for every hour convinces me of its impracticability. A Face Illumined They had been exposed to a variety of disagreeable adventures from the impracticability of the road. Travels through France and Italy I shall not go into the cruelty of this objection, but merely consider the impracticability of it. Anarchism and Other Essays It takes down the solitary pride of man, beyond most other things, to find the impracticability of flinging aside affections that have grown irksome. The Blithedale Romance But even to me the impracticability of this plan came home at last. Dead Men Tell No Tales
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