| 单词 | inapplicable |
| 例句 | For the message that it was occasionally necessary to send, there were printed postcards with long lists of phrases, and you struck out the ones that were inapplicable. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z This type of “inheritable” gene editing is inapplicable to conditions like autism or diabetes, in which the hereditary component is caused by many different genes. Once Science Fiction, Gene Editing Is Now a Looming Reality 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z That chin-stroking reputation is largely down to their designation as math rock, a term that Konopka says is "inapplicable" to Battles, despite their "weird time signatures". Battles: 'Our music is?supposed to be fun' 2011-08-06T23:05:35Z At the same time, it may be “the most shameful of all the poses … a small group of privileged crackers often arrhythmically recycling the genre’s dominant and to them totally inapplicable clichés.” Ben Lerner’s ‘The Topeka School’ Revisits the Debates of the ’90s 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z She picked up a yellow highlighter and scribbled out the inapplicable section on the contract, emphasizing the main point of renting a Tesla: to not have to fill ’er up. With Hertz, road-trippers can get a charge out of Tesla rentals 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z When you are a teenager, you live in a world where questions about settling down and who the exes are and when you might move in together are largely inappropriate and inapplicable. My Relationship Guru Is a 14-Year-Old Girl 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z “As Richard Prince makes individual paintings and does not license his works, the holding in Warhol is clearly inapplicable to his New Portraits litigation,” he said. After the Warhol Decision, Another Major Copyright Case Looms 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z He correctly recognized that he was bound by precedent to reject Trump's request that he hold Sullivan inapplicable in his case. Trump loses bigly on "Big Lie": His own judge rules against him on bogus suit against CNN 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The court declared "inapplicable" an article of the Peruvian Civil Code of 1984 on the family, which refers to marriage as the voluntary union between man and woman. Peruvian court opens door to legally recognize same-sex couples 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z “He applied executive privilege across the board, regardless of content or context” — even after he left office, when the doctrine is plainly inapplicable — as a way to thwart criminal and congressional investigators, the author asserts. Review | The tricks used by the powerful, including Trump, to avoid justice 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z We are uncertain of the basis of the Senate’s claim; its response to Nixon cited inapplicable case law that establishes a privilege for the executive branch. WA lawmakers must end dubious dodge on government secrecy 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Congress has yet to formally consider the request, although it had already shot it down in a letter this month, saying a confidence vote is inapplicable in this situation. Peru's PM doubles down on challenging Congress to a confidence vote 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z First, Graham could appeal, continuing his blanket resistance based on the almost certainly inapplicable "speech or debate" clause of the Constitution. Lindsey Graham's moment of truth: After being ordered to testify, he faces a stark choice 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Such laws render generally applicable statutes against homicide inapplicable to a disfavored class of persons and expose unborn children to lethal violence. Opinion | Even if Roe is overturned, Congress must act to protect the unborn 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z This legal requirement “is unique to the Commission and thus analogy to other state agencies or local governments’ processes,” it said, are “inapplicable.” How the Public Utilities Commission circumvents the California Public Records Act 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The PPA’s narrow exceptions for exigent circumstances or journalists suspected of personally committing criminal offenses are plainly inapplicable here. L.A. Times protests sheriff's criminal leak investigation against reporter 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Stephen Stokes, an attorney for the Idaho Military Division, said the statute is “unnecessary” and inapplicable to the Idaho Military Division. Idaho House OKs bill to repeal state ban on private militias, paramilitary 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z “It is important to note, however, that Mr. Clark is not excused from testifying simply because President Trump is trying to hide behind inapplicable claims of executive privilege,” Cheney said. Jan. 6 panel votes to hold former DOJ official in contempt 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z For example, when attempting to recover possession of an apartment in which a resident operated a strip club, one housing provider learned the PSE was inapplicable. Opinion | D.C.'s landlords are powerless to address the Wild West atmosphere in their properties 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z During her ruling, Widlan addressed and rejected the officers’ legal arguments for each public records law exemption and cited case law as inapplicable given the circumstances. Records ID’ing Seattle officers in DC Jan. 6 can be released 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z During her ruling, Widlan one by one addressed and rejected the officers’ legal arguments for each public records law exemption and cited case law as inapplicable given the circumstances. Judge says records ID’ing Seattle officers who attended rally before Capitol riot can be released — but not yet 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z In a letter sent to Italy’s Industry Ministry on Friday, the Commission said the law was not notified to Brussels, making it potentially inapplicable, according to the la Repubblica report. EU Commission raises doubts over new Italian media law - paper 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z By 2011, with most amnesties cancelled or deemed largely inapplicable, Condor cases could finally be investigated more freely – and information began to flow between investigators in multiple countries. Operation Condor: the illegal state network that terrorised South America 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z They allege the latter clause is void because it’s unenforceable and inapplicable. MiLB teams sue insurance providers over denied virus claims 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Democrats' impeachment rhetoric shift -- from accusing President Trump of "quid pro quo" to extortion and bribery -- is inapplicable, former Assistant U.S. Andy McCarthy: Democrats' latest 'nonsense' accusation against Trump is a new low 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Ms Nagy agrees with Prof Shlyakhtenko that most of maths' issues stem from how it is taught: as an abstract and inapplicable concept. What's the right age to quit maths? 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z If “federal law applies to a particular issue, state law is inapplicable,” Thomas wrote. California law doesn’t apply on these oil drilling platforms, Supreme Court rules 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z In light of this Referee finality in Rule 15, then Rule 17 is inapplicable; but even if Rule 17 applied, it is unequivocally a discretionary mechanism. NFL: Roger Goodell doesn't have the authority to overturn NFC Championship game result 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Although the book begins by arguing against the obsession with greatness as a category and ends by declaring the concept inapplicable to living composers, it generally hews closely to established ideas about the canon. Briefly Noted Book Reviews 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Alabama as a dead letter, inapplicable to other cases. The Threat to Privacy of Opinion 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z She’s accused of pretending to provide services by filing inapplicable immigration forms with immigration authorities. Montebello woman faces 112 counts after scamming immigrants out of $630,000, prosecutors say 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z And there may be reasons that 1986 is an inapplicable model for today. Opinion | Three (almost) inexplicable parts of the Republican tax plan 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Lawmakers from the governing party and two from the Democratic Unity party backed the request to declare the articles on term limits in the constitution "inapplicable". Bolivia president's term limit challenged 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z There’s a natural match, and the “don’t trade within the division” maxim is rendered inapplicable by the Matt Kemp-Yasmani Grandal trade. Three up, three down | Talk of Brad Hand as a Dodger; Giants are beyond help 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z This is an expensive funeral for Tip O’Neill’s incessantly quoted and increasingly inapplicable axiom that “All politics is local.” Opinion | If Ossoff wins in Georgia, Trump is in for a world of pain in 2018 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Kevin Marino, a lawyer for Aleynikov, said he was "thrilled" the court will review the conviction for what Marino said was "violating an outmoded, clearly inapplicable criminal statute." N.Y. appeals court to review conviction of ex-Goldman programmer 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z This phrase is legally inapplicable to an adult having sexual contact with a minor because minors are legally incapable of consent. Friday Mailbag: Measuring Crowds, Maligning a Region 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z In the interview, he dismissed Podemos’s governing proposals for greater state spending as “inapplicable,” adding: “It’s difficult to understand each other, frankly.” Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Calls for Aggressive Push Against Populism 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The appeals court, however, said the order pertained to other laws covering phones and was “inapplicable” to this case. Appeals court throws out conviction of Waco man on death row 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z If prosecutors do not file charges, as happened with Mr. Ganek, then there is no evidence to suppress and the Hyde Amendment is inapplicable. Holding Prosecutors Responsible in an Insider Trading Investigation 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Inheritable gene editing is inapplicable to the common diseases like cancer or diabetes in which the hereditary component is caused by many different genes. Scientists Place Moratorium on Editing Human Genome That Could Be Inherited 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The dissent argues that one would “naturally read instructions about qualified individuals to be inapplicable to the extent a particular Exchange has no such individuals.” King V Burwell, explained 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Hard cases are inevitable; hard-and-fast rules are rarely available and too often inapplicable to current conditions. Glenn Greenwald, I’m sorry: Why I changed my mind on Edward Snowden 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z All too often, interest groups pursuing bans and needless regulation rely on poorly administered, inapplicable, or nonreplicable junk science to justify their policy goals. When The Left Peddles Bad Science 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, bless our hearts for debating the parameters of war — whether three years is enough, too little or, most likely, inapplicable. Answering the atrocities of ISIS 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Even though the appeals court justices rejected that argument, they vacated his sentence based upon the use of a sentencing enhancement that they deemed inapplicable to his initial charges. Former Pennsylvania police chief resentenced in sting case 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z But the fact that the dissent’s interpretation would make so many parts of the Act “inapplicable” to Federal Exchanges is precisely what creates the problem. King V Burwell, explained 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Questions at yesterday’s argument suggested that most justices interpret the TIA’s limitations on jurisdiction as inapplicable when, as here, the plaintiff is not seeking to enjoin the collection of a state tax. 'Direct Marketing' Case in Supreme Court Points Out Federal Courts' Obligation to Exercise Jurisdiction 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Smith said he’s not asking the court to overturn that decision, but rather to conclude the facts are so different that it’s inapplicable. NSA Phone Dragnet Weighed by Third Appeals Court 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z “We certainly don’t criminalize kids for drawing hopscotch on the sidewalk. We should all be concerned when the police department is investigating and using inapplicable laws to try to punish its very critics.” Vegas sidewalk-chalk arrests spawn federal lawsuit 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z "We certainly don't criminalize kids for drawing hopscotch on the sidewalk. We should all be concerned when the police department is investigating and using inapplicable laws to try to punish its very critics." Vegas sidewalk chalk arrests spawn federal lawsuit 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Chevron spokesman James Craig said the decision against the company, ratified by the National Court of Justice late on Tuesday, was "illegitimate and inapplicable". Ecuador high court upholds verdict against Chevron, halves fine 2013-11-13T18:09:01Z In this case, the Tenth Circuit barred federal court review of the Petitioner’s claims despite Colorado’s concession that the TIA was inapplicable. 'Direct Marketing' Case in Supreme Court Points Out Federal Courts' Obligation to Exercise Jurisdiction 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Colombia has rejected the court's verdict as inapplicable and continues to exercise control over the waters, raising tensions with Nicaragua. Colombia says Russian bombers violated its airspace 2013-11-06T03:19:58Z The United Nations court ruled in a separate lawsuit in November that Nicaragua held sovereignty over the disputed waters, but Colombia argued the ruling was inapplicable. Nicaragua presses Colombia with new lawsuit in border dispute 2013-09-17T00:23:11Z Virginia agrees that the Supreme Court’s Lawrence decision makes the law inapplicable to consenting adults. Supreme Court asked to revive Virginia’s anti-sodomy law 2013-08-18T22:04:35Z "Defense of others is flatly inapplicable," he said. Fort Hood suspect expected to argue shooting was in defense of Taliban 2013-06-11T10:49:31Z All these skills are of course not inapplicable to mathematical fields, it’s just that they are often essential for success in non-mathematical fields. Are assessments of scientific intelligence biased toward mathematically oriented fields? 2012-08-30T23:45:00.370Z Moreover, Carlyle's utterances, right or wrong, have meaning and practical application; but when Ruskin repeats them they become meaningless and inapplicable. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Those which take place in the immediate vicinity of the medium could be due to fraud; but to some of them this explanation is inapplicable. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z “Supreme” is an adjective of relation and is totally inapplicable to “the infinite.” Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z It is not a strong form of joint, and is only used where the preceding kinds are inapplicable. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The equivocation to evade the arrangement investing a degree of control over church schools in lay contributors to their foundation and support, by insisting upon liberty to choose an inapplicable "management clause," is transparent. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z This method is of course inapplicable if it be desired to use them for either culture- or inoculation-tests. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The essay was about how inapplicable, or wrongly applied, the Bateman paradigm was. Raising Darwin's Consciousness: An Interview with Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on Mother Nature 2012-03-16T18:15:03.113Z Some PIs are also worried that recruitment at health-care-providers' offices would bias the study and render its findings inapplicable to the wider population. Growing pains for children's study 2012-02-22T18:20:23.203Z We are inclined to add one suggestion, for which this seems to be a good opportunity, because it is peculiarly inapplicable to the correspondent who has drawn from us these remarks. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 101, October 4, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-30T03:00:13.383Z If the Will is not free, the idea of Liberty is wholly inapplicable to any phenomenon in existence whatever. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z While, however, this suggestion may apply to some few of the cases of eruption observed by others, it is certainly inapplicable to the vast majority of them. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Nor can I be certain that this charge is wholly inapplicable to me; since it is notorious to common observation, that, rather than forego their darling subject, the vain will expatiate even on their errors. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z It is long since I read them, but I think I recollect enough to show how inapplicable they are to our present circumstances. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z For many reasons I should condemn the machine in question as inapplicable to its purposes. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-30T03:00:24.060Z My crampt writing was of course the cause of the mistake, though, in the opinion of many, the substituted word would not appear inapplicable to Voltaire. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 94, August 16, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-21T03:00:39.257Z Where there is little or no intelligence, the moral sense would be inapplicable and incongruous, and is not needed, hence does not exist. Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others 2011-12-16T03:00:10.740Z And since such necessity was present, the presumption drawn from Ovid's Ars Amandi is rendered still further inapplicable, namely that "From a passionate young man, can she be believed to have returned a virgin?" The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z What was inapplicable in the assumptions of the physician falls away during the course of the analysis; it must be withdrawn and replaced by something more nearly correct. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z The term, however, has met with much opposition, and is clearly inapplicable to the differences exhibited by insects in various periods of their life. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects 2011-12-05T03:00:46.667Z In fact, the distinction between noun and adjective is inapplicable to English grammar, and should be replaced by a distinction between objective and attributive words. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z But what are those different laws if they are inapplicable to the world of matter and energy encompassed by our natural sciences? Matter of the Mind (1 Letter) 2011-11-07T23:10:11Z There are circumstances and conditions to which the Argand is quite inapplicable, and where a simpler and less pretentious burner will give excellent results. Gas Burners Old and New 2011-11-07T02:00:20.003Z Gold is left in the anode slime when copper or silver are refined by the usual processes, but if the gold preponderate in the anode these processes are inapplicable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z But this seems to me to be wholly inapplicable to at least half the animal, and to all the vegetable kingdom. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection 2011-10-18T02:00:18.363Z The absence of any legitimate transactions by Mr. Madoff could mean that the safe harbor is inapplicable to Ponzi schemes that use a brokerage firm as the vehicle for defrauding customers. DealBook: The Roller Coaster Ride Continues for Madoff Investors 2011-10-03T19:37:37Z The whole theory of similarity is inapplicable; two triangles are either congruent, or their angles are not equal two by two. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z "The 'pensive' Angelo" might be admissible, though not so appropriate as "the precise;" but "pensive" is inapplicable to the word "guards," in the sense which the poet everywhere attaches to it. Notes and Queries, Number 84, June 7, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-12T02:00:27.427Z It is often declared to be inapplicable to the great industries, because they require more capital and better management than co-operative working men are usually able to furnish. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z "Human words are inapplicable to her; she must be addressed heart to heart." The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Judge Lifland found the protection afforded securities transactions inapplicable because insulating fraudulent payments would undermine investor confidence rather than protect it. DealBook: The Roller Coaster Ride Continues for Madoff Investors 2011-10-03T19:37:37Z Any such violent expression as “breaking up” would have been quite inapplicable to that polite establishment. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z The whole notion of bargain is inapplicable in a sphere where the gains of him who serves and him who is served coincide; and that is largely the case with the professions. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z To Dryden’s spirited remodellings of old poems, romances and fabliaux, the name of fables, which he was pleased to give them, is quite inapplicable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Thus far I have devoted myself to an investigation of phenomena for which the theory of telepathy is not inapplicable. Occultism and Common-Sense 2011-07-16T02:00:14.303Z It is a shame to use such words in speaking of her, even though to cast them forth as wholly inapplicable. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z Some of the questions here discussed have been called "scientific impossibilities"—an epithet which many have considered entirely inapplicable to any problem, on the ground that all things are possible to science. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z This is inapplicable, because the copy is not set out in Church Lessons, although some are noted by a much later hand in the margins. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z Bergmann's account has therefore become quite inapplicable to the present state of things, and can only give false notions of the constitution of the Kalmucks. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Consequently, the name of typhus fever given by some veterinary surgeons, is not altogether inapplicable to it. On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment 2011-06-24T02:00:18.093Z There is no suggestion of toilet or accident, and hence the attitude is quite inapplicable to a goddess. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z The memory of the Prince is dear to the people; he has left us nine children to keep out of the taxpayers' pockets, his own large private accumulations of wealth being inapplicable to their maintenance. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z But the same mode of interpretation is entirely inapplicable to explain the remarkable fact, that, among those who accompanied Jacob into Egypt, are enumerated, in chap, xlvi., v. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z Prior Delaware cases appear to imply that Revlon duties would still be inapplicable. DealBook: Delaware Law Gives NYSE an Edge in Battle With Nasdaq 2011-04-21T17:07:00Z In one point only does he deem Dr L.'s suggestion inapplicable—that is, as respecting the purchase of the unsold copies. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z But the older calendar of Babylonia had been already carried to the West, and there preserved in a country to whose climatic and agricultural conditions it was really inapplicable. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z As a matter of fact, however, it would be inapplicable even to the cases of a few solitary ships if it were to be interpreted in the way that was done by those journals. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z Witha she is pretty; but it is only prettiness—a word inapplicable to her kinswoman, who is pronouncedly beautiful. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z These words, so evidently inapplicable to Lionel's observations, were a perfect enigma; but he did not dare to ask for any explanation, and walked on in silence beside him. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z A sentiment which might have been applauded to the echo in ancient times but which, it must be confessed by all, is wholly inapplicable to the notions of the century in which we live. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z I regret having to speak so plainly, but I am afraid that any milder phrase would be inapplicable.” Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z It suffers only from its extreme ideality, which makes it inapplicable, and has caused it to be studied less than it deserves. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z The method of simple observation inapplicable 500 8. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I 2011-03-01T03:00:43.470Z "Well, and, my dear Helen, perhaps the lessons might not be so very inapplicable," said the Knight, smiling affectionately. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z They are inapplicable where the only capitalists are the landlords, and the labourers are their property, as in slave countries. A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. II 2011-03-01T03:00:40.557Z To anything but walking—to the free and unembarrassed expressions of the body, it is, indeed, quite inapplicable, and could produce only contortion. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z I should be as unfair to Mr. Swinburne as Mr. Swinburne is to Mr. Tennyson, if I hinted that he has not done much work to which the above verse is altogether inapplicable. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z The total rejection of property, the total disregard of the morrow, seemed to her, as they seem to us to-day, doctrines wholly inapplicable to this world in which we find ourselves. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z It is folly to give a secondary place to the treasures of our mother tongue, while so much time is devoted to studies which are often wholly inapplicable to the pursuits of after life. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z In regard to the other Jackson, some such epithet as "Jacobin" would not have been inapplicable. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z It is this very generality and fixedness, which render it, in almost all cases, inapplicable; this is the inherent defect in the supposed importance of Camper’s facial angle. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Withal she is pretty; but it is only prettiness—a word inapplicable to her kinswoman, who is pronouncedly beautiful. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z At that period, however, men were but in the infancy of this knowledge; the traditions of the Great Revolution scarcely were remembered, and, for the most part, they were inapplicable. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z The fame of the place, however, has by degrees rendered its name inapplicable. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Nor is this explanation inapplicable when we realize how exaggerated are Chapman’s eulogies on Homer. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z "Perhaps!" said Ulric, with a sarcasm so deep and cutting as to seem inapplicable to the words he spoke. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z One of the items I noted was that in order to make sure that the full registration requirements of the securities laws were inapplicable, Goldman could not engage in a “general solicitation” of shareholders. DealBook: Why Did Goldman Blink? 2011-01-18T18:01:27Z It is, therefore, inapplicable to the problem of the value of money itself. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z Many inventions which are inapplicable in one state of knowledge become applicable by the progress of scientific research. The Scientific Basis of National Progress Including that of Morality 2010-12-30T03:00:25.567Z No, for it is totally inapplicable to his case. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z The term “lumbar” vertebrae is inapplicable to birds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The epithets which admirably characterise the receptive attitude of Virgil’s mind in the composition of his pastoral poems are quite inapplicable to the solid and severe workmanship and the earnest feeling of his didactic poem. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil I have previously pointed out that these three doctrines are inapplicable to the problem of the value of money itself. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z It may here be remarked, that this arrangement is liable to many objections, and especially because the characters given to the orders are totally inapplicable to many species contained in them. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The descriptions in Beowulf would suit the cliffs of southern Sweden well, but they are quite inapplicable to the sandy dunes of Jutland. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn Above all it should be borne in mind that nearly all the last subdivisions or provinces are of very little real value and most of them are inapplicable to other classes of animals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z It was indeed melancholy to see such a structure so evidently and entirely "out of joint with fortune" and "the times," as to be apparently inapplicable and inconvertible to any useful purpose. An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. We have shown further that the static schema is applicable even where the money measure is inapplicable, and even beyond the economic sphere, as illustrated by a recent decision of Justice Holmes. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z While the former ways and means are inadequate or inapplicable to present needs and conditions, there are other means more suitable for the service, and existing in ample proportion for every need. The Future of Road-making in America This, it has been said, is inapplicable to Hn�f, since he is brother of Hildeburh, who is old enough to have a son slain in the combat. Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn The description of that age in England is by no means inapplicable to Mexico in the nineteenth century. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 Would that the description could be called wholly inapplicable at the present time! The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition These theories are, therefore, inapplicable to the problem of the value of money. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z The following observation of Adam Smith is applicable to a low value of money, but it is totally inapplicable to a high value of corn. On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation With Kant, as has been seen, the categories were still subjective, not as being forms of the individual subject, but as having over against them the world of noumena to which they were inapplicable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The theory that an ice-sheet stretched across a narrow sea might be the means of aiding a fauna across from the mainland to an island, is particularly inapplicable to the British Islands. The History of the European Fauna Strabo's description of the delta is so inapplicable to its present configuration, as to attest a complete alteration in the physical features of the country since the Augustan age. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Again, this waiting for conviction—this habit of listening to the arguments on each side, however excellent in general life, is inapplicable in politics. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) But how vain is it for one of any other country to fathom one half the depth of Irish character, or say what part is inapplicable to an Irishman! Jack Hinton The Guardsman This method, however, is obviously inapplicable to heavy barges, and in their case improved conditions of transport had to be sought in other directions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" The system devised might have been justifiable as a check on a retrograde government, but was wholly inapplicable to a reforming government and a serious obstacle to the attainment of national prosperity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" They argued that there is much that is local in the Jewish ritual, and much that is inapplicable now; that the people in consequence would fall away unless a reformed mode of worship was introduced. The Religious Life of London The adoption of the principle of selection to differentiate art from mechanical reproduction is fundamentally vicious, and could be shown to be wholly inapplicable to the so-called formative arts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Thus, they are not required to sort through wholly inapplicable information to find what they need. The Unlearned There is an adage that says "in vino Veritas," which I shrewdly suspect to be a great fallacy; at least, as regards my own case, I know it to be totally inapplicable. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance He divested the subject of all its difficulties and obscurities, and gave to "vague, inapplicable and useless rumor the certainty and precision of scientific knowledge." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 The phenomenon is certainly anomalous; but the term morbid carries a meaning which seems to me inapplicable to the subject, or at all events to very many cases which have come under my cognisance. A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists Mr. Grigsby thinks that the term protégé was inapplicable to him, as he was the architect of his own fortune. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia This system of appeal, superintendence and revision would be totally inapplicable to England, but it has proved eminently successful as applied to the present social condition of the inhabitants of India. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The law of slander, partially applied to attorneys, ought perhaps to be wholly inapplicable in the case of barristers. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The language is inapplicable to the pursuit of such timid creatures as the hare, deer, and fox. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition It is significant that as the conditions that made the rule inapplicable have come to an end the rule has generally re-established itself. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law Secondly, the Coast is such a vast territory that what might be a reasonably intelligent introduction to one portion of it would be utterly inapplicable elsewhere. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making The epithets are possibly justified; but are they quite inapplicable to one who supposes that an invocation of the Living and Eternal God means no more than an invocation of England, or Faith, or Woman? Modern Substitutes for Christianity The world is as it is, and the category of responsibility is inapplicable. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance It probably at last occurred to the poet that as people do not blush blue or purple, the epithet "blushing" was inapplicable to the violet. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The common-law rule, without regard to its basis, was for a time inapplicable to local conditions. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law But in all large rural unions, where the medical officers are many and their labours great, from bad roads and extent of district, the plan would be inapplicable. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The plain man's danger is that he apply them unthinkingly as universals: the formal logician's danger is that, seeing them to be inapplicable as universals, he dismisses them as being void of all argumentative force. Logic, Inductive and Deductive The clan system was efficient only within a narrow area; it gave rise to interminable feuds; and it was inapplicable to the circumstances created by the rise of modern industry and trade.” Our Southern Highlanders The well-merited praise which Bowles bestowed upon "the historical part" of the poem is inapplicable to the ill drawn character of William the Conqueror. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition So long as such a conventional engagement in favor of the citizens in another State exists, the law governing natives in like cases is manifestly inapplicable. Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question The laws operative in the county of Iowa, and not locally inapplicable, were to have full force in the country west of the Mississippi. History of the Constitutions of Iowa The whole purpose of the Experimental Methods is to isolate agencies and effects: unless they can be isolated, the Methods are inapplicable. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Gas, however, is inapplicable to many situations; and it has occurred to me that the desired result might be effected with strict economy with oil lights, in the following manner:— Fig. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers But such passivity, however right and seemly in the author of a book, is inapplicable to the case of a Review. The History of Freedom It may not be inapplicable to the subject, to endeavour to define what is to be understood by a generation, in the sense the word is here used. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 Not inapplicable, probably, but applicable to the literary men of all time. Home Life of Great Authors The simple Method of Experimental Addition or Subtraction is practically inapplicable. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Under these circumstances we consider the name calcareum inapplicable to any American forms we have so far seen. The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species They are wholly inapplicable to the primitive and simple societies of the present or of the former times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" Mr. Wells's book teems with expressions—I have given many examples of them—which are wholly inapplicable to any metaphor, however galvanized into a semblance of life by ecstatic contemplation in the devotional mind. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' I said useless in the well-understood and usual sense, as meaning, inapplicable to the service of the body. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) For equally obvious reasons the simple Method of Difference is inapplicable to tracing cause and effect in communities. Logic, Inductive and Deductive A broken bone is a mighty small affair at the worst of it; and it belongs to a class of accident to which my paint is quite inapplicable. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI It is especially inapplicable where the compact immigrant settlements exceed in numbers the largest cities of their home countries. A Stake in the Land But though inapplicable to the lower animals, this curious relation of sense acuteness with colors may have had some influence on the development of the higher human races. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Now this description is so inapplicable to the commencement of Hezekiah's reign, that the very opposite of it should rather be expected. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 This method being inapplicable, the next resort is to cut off one or both hind limbs at the hip joint. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle But why should there not be a discretionary power vested somewhere to relax any provision which, in p. 111particular cases, might be found harsh or inapplicable? The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed This, however, is absurdly untrue; so much so, indeed, that we shall not trouble to refute it Good and noble, he avers, are epithets inapplicable to animals, even to the horse or dog. Arrows of Freethought In New Zealand the conditions of the country and its inhabitants rendered this popular system wholly inapplicable. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 Many of its ordinances as drawn from the myth are inapplicable to man, and are unjust or frivolous. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion For large masses this is inapplicable, and with too much loss of skin the orifice may fail to close and the bowels may escape. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle And we have thought that the British American Conference might perhaps consider the precedent not inapplicable to the present case. The Fathers of Confederation A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion Clearly the formula of 'descent with modification by natural selection,' is, in its literal sense, utterly inapplicable here. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications Hence, if we take any passage in which there is real imagination, we shall find Stewart's hypothesis not only inefficient and obscure, but utterly inapplicable. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) The worship founded on the earlier conception of the deity, and kept up with unwavering regularity, was inapplicable to these new gods, and inevitably lost all its reality. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems The reader will not be surprised, therefore, to find many things said in the immediately preceding pages inapplicable to conditions in the tobacco districts. The Negro Farmer The nature of these studies is such as to render inapplicable the use of the scientific method. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College It assumes Evolution as a law of the universe, whereas in natural science it is only a limited generalization, inapplicable to most series of natural events, and therefore of uncertain continuance in any series. An Ethnologist's View of History An Address Before the Annual Meeting of the New Jersey Historical Society, at Trenton, New Jersey, January 28, 1896 There was, she thought, virtue in scriptural quotations, even though entirely inapplicable to the case in point. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties Of Lord Rockingham he seldom speaks but in a tone of romance, singularly inapplicable to that formal and frigid figure of aristocracy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 But all men agreed that it was utterly inapplicable to human affairs. A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations Because, as already stated, the terms "sipp'd" and "industrious" are inapplicable to a bug. Notes and Queries, Number 81, May 17, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Probably, he would not have admitted, even to himself, that he was in love, for, somehow, the phrase seemed hopelessly inapplicable. People of Position It was entirely inapplicable to a long circuit with an intensity battery, and no person possessing the requisite scientific knowledge, would have attempted to use it in that connection after reading my paper. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery It need hardly be said that it is utterly inapplicable as a theory to many of the facts adduced by the Society for Psychic Research. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 Now the arguments, if they be called arguments, which Newman could address to Fitzjames upon this topic were obviously inapplicable. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice People sometimes say that scientific methods are inapplicable because we cannot try experiments in social matters. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies If we think of a subject still in this infantile and almost pre-scientific stage, Bacon's words and formulæ are far from inapplicable; they are, within their limitations, quite necessary and wholesome. Pioneers of Science Previous to my investigations the means of developing magnetism in soft iron were imperfectly understood, and the electro-magnet which then existed was inapplicable to the transmission of power to a distance. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery The extremes of these are the manége and the Eastern styles, both admirable in their way, and perfectly practical, but each wholly inapplicable to the performances of the other. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding Such words would obviously be inapplicable to the English magistrate. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice By German writers, onanismus or onanie, and onanistisch, are often used where, strictly speaking, the words are inapplicable, since reference is made to cases in which sexual gratification is obtained by direct manipulation. The Sexual Life of the Child Their mutual perturbations give us some data in the case of the satellites of Jupiter; but to our own moon this method is of course inapplicable. Pioneers of Science These are inapplicable to a state of fatalism. On Calvinism Another element of monopoly arises from industries in which competition is inapplicable—the supply of gas and water, for example, a tramway service, and in some conditions a railway service. Liberalism The proper motion of these bodies is so rapid as to render the usual devices for keeping a heavenly body steadily in view quite inapplicable. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Charles X. listened to him with courtesy and surprise, confiding in his loyalty, but scarcely understanding his words, and regarding him as an honest man tainted with inapplicable or even dangerous ideas. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 The term is indeed ludicrously inapplicable to him, for a great part of his philosophy is occupied with what he considers a rigorous proof of the existence of the Deity. Pioneers of Science Yet he found that all his observations on the white race were inapplicable to negroes. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject D'Hericourt are inapplicable, in consequence of the inherent weakness of her sex. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Vitruvius describes their construction in terms not inapplicable to the mechanism of a common mill of the present day, and other ancient authors refer to them. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life They are inapplicable where the only capitalists are the landlords, and the laborers are their property, as in slave countries. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive If you point out its want of applicability, they reply by at once giving another illustration equally inapplicable. India and the Indians In many cases this agent is inapplicable on account of its odor. Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying Mr. Stephenson early found that the ordinary arch was inapplicable in certain cases, where the headway was limited, and yet the level of the railway must be preserved. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Under these circumstances, you must see that the letter which you sent me is clearly inapplicable to the present situation. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 They are inapplicable where the almost universal landlord is the state, as in India. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive The measures, then," he continued, "were good in their kind and well executed; their defect lay in their being inapplicable to the case and to the man. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories While it is possible, by bacteriological methods, to determine with accuracy the actual condition of a starter as to its germ content, still such methods are inapplicable in creamery practice. Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying The calendar was so completely a weapon of offence, that nobody cared about the absurdity of names which were inapplicable to other latitudes, and unintelligible at Isle de France or Pondicherry. Lectures on the French Revolution Any trouble, however suited in itself for spa treatment, must be considered inapplicable if complicated with pregnancy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" They are inapplicable where the agricultural laborer is generally the owner both of the land itself and of the capital, as frequently in France, or of the capital only, as in Ireland.” A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive It is assuredly little matter for wonder that this philosophy should contain much that is now inapplicable, and that in many respects it should be vitiated by radical errors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" If the two stars were at the same distance, the process would be wholly inapplicable. The Story of the Heavens I saw that my very metaphors symbolised my feebleness; I had no terms for my own mental condition; I was forced to resort to some inapplicable physical analogy. The Wonder Mental diseases other than very mild cases of depression should be considered inapplicable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" He has strong forces in his nature, but in their outlet through his mind they are dissipated into a confusing clutter of unrelated thoughts and inapplicable phrases. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Or is the soul so much less trustworthy in its instincts than the stomach, that legislation is necessary for the one, but inapplicable to the other. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing We must bear in mind that what may be considered a sound system of discipline at one epoch or for one nation, may be inapplicable at another epoch or for another nation. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition It is, of course, inapplicable in passes as a "bumping-trough," but can be fixed to give smooth surface. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration But this hedging philosophy requires that long run should be there; and this makes it inapplicable to the question of religious faith as the latter comes home to the individual man. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy In the second, though the objects are contiguous there is no subjective union, and in David's composition the formality of the decorative structure is inapplicable to the theme. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures That proverb is indeed wholly inapplicable to matters of private interest. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing He defines theoretical and practical philosophy in such a manner that his definition is inapplicable to any kind of philosophy. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities But as I have already pointed out to you, Government regulations have to be suspended during the period of the war because they are inapplicable in a time of urgency. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 That gratitude is the expectation of favors to come was, in the case of Aristide, a cynical and inapplicable proposition. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol A fact likewise to be regarded is, that artificial drying is usually inapplicable to fresh peat. Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel Therefore the method which Macaulay suggests is inapplicable. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill He guessed its secret; I addressed it, for disguise, to Heine, to whom it was sadly inapplicable. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti The word did occur to him, but it seemed fantastically inapplicable. Impact But where gentler means fail or are inapplicable, sterner measures are unhesitatingly sanctioned. Freedom In Service Six Essays on Matters Concerning Britain's Safety and Good Government The whole doctrine of a priori intuitions, by which Kant explained the possibility of pure mathematics, is wholly inapplicable to mathematics in its present form. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Malthus virtually asserted that the metaphysical doctrine was inapplicable because, men being what they are, these conclusions were incompatible with even the first stages of social progress. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill The expressions, to pass into, to enter into, employed in the one case, are totally inapplicable in the other. The Ordinance of Covenanting When we see his picture we may accept it as good and true to the conditions, or call it poor and inapplicable. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide As we know, there were heretics amongst them, and many others to whom the designation of 'holy' seemed inapplicable. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John But the information proved inexact; when Madame Porter's road was tried it was found impassable, and with this and the unforeseen delays it happened that the orders became inapplicable. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps While perfectly applicable to living things, these terms express qualities which are not only inapplicable to common chemical agents, but, as far as I can see, actually inconceivable of them.' Fragments of science, V. 1-2 If a promise or vow to God to give up their substance had not been made, the language of reproof addressed to them would have been inapplicable. The Ordinance of Covenanting He delivered an essay, not without merit, but inapplicable, and not the sort of thing that is wanted in such a debate. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) On the other hand, there are well known and energetic uses of the word “Life,” to which Mr. Coleridge's speculations, as contained in the accompanying pages, are wholly inapplicable. Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. They were ready enough to announce useless and inapplicable discoveries and conclusions; byproducts of their research, they called them, with an obviously selfconscious attempt to speak the language of industry. Greener Than You Think Having selected two, he computed them accurately but found them inapplicable. The Story of Eclipses Unfortunately, there were circumstances in the case which he could not be expected to know, and which made his logic inapplicable. The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance For selfishness is a moral term and, as we have seen, moral attributes are inapplicable except to a wrong choice of the will. Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 Without exception, these have been proved to be altogether inapplicable. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 The parable of Lot's wife, who turned into a pillar of salt because she looked back, is by no means inapplicable to the life of to-day. The Life Radiant His method was of itself inapplicable to a subject where the premisses were assumed to be certain, and the results known. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Has then this ingenious contrivance been considered with reference to the protection of the Great Exhibition and its valuable, or rather invaluable, contents? or why is it deemed inapplicable to the purpose? Notes and Queries, Number 70, March 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. He was forced to make old tools serve new uses; to shape former habits, institutions and ideas to changed conditions; and to find new means when the old proved inapplicable. The Frontier in American History Interrupted, your knowledge will be scanty, diverse, and generally inapplicable, your literary output sketchy, incoherent, and disconnected. The Book-Hunter at Home The chief difficulty with most systems for distributing the books in a library appears to lie in the attempt to apply scientific minuteness in a region where it is largely inapplicable. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries The terms are not, of course, inapplicable to children’s voices, but they must convey quite a different significance than they do when applied to the adult voice. The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs Vast, amorphous aerial regions, to which such definite words as "worlds" and "planets" seem inapplicable. The Book of the Damned Treason was a charge quite inapplicable to Cranmer, who supported the queen's right; while others, who had favoured Lady Jane, upon paying a small fine were dismissed. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs To be always carving inapplicable panels is very dull work, and only good for a few preliminary exercises. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship Is there not something strangely impracticable in His Ethics; and, however admirably suited to meet the needs of His own time, utterly inapplicable to the complex conditions of society to-day? Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics Such a mode of thought is wholly inapplicable to minds which are not in space at all. Philosophy and Religion Six Lectures Delivered at Cambridge If by any chance a decision had then been arrived at, it would almost inevitably have been a perfectly preposterous one, totally inapplicable to the question that was actually at issue. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 These are texts upon which sermons, not inapplicable to our own day, might be preached. Obiter Dicta Second Series They knew no more of ship-building than the celebrated man in the moon, and their methods of building canoes were quite inapplicable to vessels of large capacity. Jarwin and Cuffy “And what if you had turned up an entirely unsuitable or inapplicable verse?” said Sam. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables It is admitted that it was righteous and beneficent in ages long past but with the new light and new conditions of the present it is effete, inapplicable and unjust. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View I have a laudable pride in showing that I had a respectable—I beg pardon, the word is inapplicable—I mean a grand neighbour. Rattlin the Reefer Things are presented to our view, in a variety of forms, which must have been the result of great labour and cost, and which appear utterly useless and inapplicable to any ostensibly known purpose. Recollections of Old Liverpool To all others, to all who are not already resting on the finished salvation of Jesus Christ, this injunction is utterly inapplicable. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. It was from the first inapplicable and practically impossible. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The argument e silentio—always an insecure argument,—proves inapplicable in this particular case. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Political and social questions are forever changing; views which commend themselves to-day will in a few years seem absurd; measures which are thought to be of vital importance will grow to be inapplicable. Education and the Higher Life Yet, though comparatively true in most cases, to some it is altogether inapplicable. The Angels' Song The Qq, and all editors, read stuck, but the word seems inapplicable to a thunderbolt. Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois To judge it now by any appearance of irresolution, or by any seeming deficiency of courage, would be trying it by a standard totally inapplicable and unfair. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Polytheism, however, has assumed with us a meaning which renders it totally inapplicable to the Vedic religion. India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge These remarks are not very inapplicable to young men also. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. It is an act directed to the obtaining of profit, or the removing of injury: the term is, therefore, inapplicable to the Deity. The Faith of Islam The term, God, seems to me inapplicable to Nature. Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws Lord Melbourne writes this in ignorance of the actual facts of the case, and therefore it may be inapplicable. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 But, indeed," says Mr. Motley, "the words 'sovereign' and 'sovereignty' are purely inapplicable to the American system. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government What Sir Thomas Browne says of Egypt is not inapplicable to early Rome. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 Jerusalem called Goethe a Geck, a coxcomb, a description which, as we have seen, was not inapplicable to him in his Leipzig days. The Youth of Goethe And the interesting thing is that when we come to his philosophy, all these three phrases are quite peculiarly inapplicable. George Bernard Shaw The assembly may from time to time advise members to reconsider treaties which have become inapplicable or involve danger of peace. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights But this arrangement is totally inapplicable to God, who can never abdicate his prerogatives, since they are not legal, but dynamic. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life This I take to be a general principle, and where it appears to be violated a critic would instinctively look for the particular reason which makes it inapplicable to the particular case. The Craft of Fiction It is used for washing precipitates where water is inapplicable, and for facilitating drying. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. One is pained and sickened that such a multitude of impertinent and inapplicable texts should be brought as proofs of Christian doctrine;—texts applicable to anything else rather than the points under consideration. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story He warned that "courts must guard themselves with special care against judging past military action too closely by the inapplicable standards of judicial, or even military, hindsight." The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 In addition to the objections urged against them as forming a commercial system in time of peace, they were said to be particularly inapplicable to the present moment. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States It is not always necessary that such names and epithets be inapplicable or such charges false, if, notwithstanding, the person in question has not thereby forfeited his right to respect. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals The method of determining sp. g. with the hydrometer is obviously inapplicable to the case of solids, and in the case of liquids it should not be used where exact figures are required. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. It is incorrect to state that the struggle for life is the sole sovereign law in Nature and society, just as it is false to contend that this law is wholly inapplicable to human society. Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) The doctrine of comity is inapplicable in this category of cases. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Tapered iron is a form to which machinery has been thought inapplicable, and only to be produced by hand-labour. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430 Volume 17, New Series, March 27, 1852 My Lords, the Managers for the Commons have not used any inapplicable language. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) To this type of error, and this only, the description 'first-born of Satan' is applied in the text, and of this I venture to say that it is altogether inapplicable to Marcion. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" The first impression which springs from the recognition of these facts is that the Darwinian law of natural selection does not hold good in human society—in short, is inapplicable to human society. Socialism and Modern Science (Darwin, Spencer, Marx) When the United States performs its functions directly, through its own officers and employees, State police regulations clearly are inapplicable. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 In cases in which a constricting bandage is inapplicable, for example, in cold abscesses, tuberculous glands or tendon sheaths, Klapp's suction bell is employed. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Some one once called the Giraffe a "two-story animal," and the remark was not altogether inapplicable. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy But however this may be, the language of the reviewer is quite inapplicable to the work lying before me. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Every organization, no matter how small, is conducted according to some system, and that system is based upon certain more or less permanent conditions, which, if suddenly changed, make the system inapplicable. The Navy as a Fighting Machine In such a state of things, ordinary rules are inapplicable. Practical Essays Note.—There are two classes of patients which are unfortunately becoming more common every day, especially among women of the richer orders, to whom all these remarks are pre-eminently inapplicable. Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not We have seen that, like them, it is a tragedy of passion, a description inapplicable to Julius Caesar or Hamlet. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Commoners felt honoured by his countenance, and yet, but for hunting, Tom would have been wasted—a cypher—an inapplicable sort of man. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour "Long coming long last, short notice soon past" is a sailor's maxim about storms; and it seems not inapplicable to wars. The Navy as a Fighting Machine Emerson taught that manual labor is the study of the external world; that the use of manual labor never grows obsolete, and is inapplicable to no person. Four American Leaders "Elegant," too, is equally inapplicable to horses and cold provisions. The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies He had but re-stated what many before him had observed as to the exceptional character of demonstrative evidence, and the folly of expecting it where it is plainly inapplicable. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century The doctrine of final causes which certain philosophers have so abundantly made use of in endeavouring to account for a great number of natural phenomena was in this particular case totally inapplicable. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men If this were true it would be a greater work than "Paradise Lost," which must be violently strained to admit a definition not wholly inapplicable to the minor poem. Life of John Milton We may, therefore, take Coke's words as inapplicable to many districts. A Short History of English Agriculture The Assembly may from time to time advise members to reconsider treaties which have become inapplicable or involve danger to peace. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. Command only when other means are inapplicable, or have failed. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library I hasten to make this remark, so as thoroughly to show that I have selected this subject without being deterred by complaints which I look upon as unjust and inapplicable. Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men My father's expression of "an inspired idiot," though wrung from him by the irritation of momentary annoyance, was really not inapplicable to her. Records of a Girlhood Analysis of any sort would be inapplicable to the actors who bear their parts in the comic, the tragic or historic plays of the first period. A Study of Shakespeare Ought you to say such things, when in the first place they are unfit in themselves and inapplicable, and in the second place, abominable in my eyes? The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Moreover, the combinations of Eylau and Friedland were inapplicable to the contest with the maddened guerrillas of Minos, animated by the combined passions of hatred, patriotism, and religious enthusiasm. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. A phrase, wholly inapplicable in its first sense, came irresistibly to the younger priest's mind as he waited on him. Come Rack! Come Rope! The objection itself is valid, but it is in the present instance inapplicable. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 Varieties of inapplicable knowledge might be good, but they were not essential; such knowledge might be left to the leisure of after years, or it might be dispensed with without vital injury. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) Reckoning by centuries is, of course, inapplicable to pure myth. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Were feudal terms not largely inapplicable, one might aver that the vassal has become the suzerain's ally, political equality connoted. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 If supposed by some to be applicable, it is clear that it was supposed by others to be inapplicable. American Eloquence, Volume 2 Studies In American Political History (1896) Mrs. Rossiter followed, full of exclamations, vain questions, and suggestions of inapplicable or unsuitable remedies. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement This term is inapplicable, as a disease cannot be treated before it exists. Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health And first, it is evident that the title "Dark Ages," given to the mediæval centuries, is, respecting art, wholly inapplicable. Selections From the Works of John Ruskin Bring home no foreign fancies which are inapplicable to our state of society. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made Though there are now some signs of improvement in the city Page 39 the quotation can hardly be considered as inapplicable at the present time. The Awakening of China And, after all, why should he be torn away from his root-holds, exiled to some forlorn unknown country where his very methods of farming would be inapplicable? The Jervaise Comedy This biting sarcasm would be inapplicable to Froude, who knew the dead languages, as they are called, well enough to read them with ease and enjoyment. The Life of Froude The traditional analogy of the watch and the watchmaker is inapplicable to a Being absolute, infinite and eternal. Tragic Sense Of Life Western religion is too high, and, I fear, inapplicable to our life. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People It ushers us into an entirely new world, where the familiar criteria of truth and falsehood are inapplicable. Christian Mysticism Moreover it was clearly inapplicable to the fresh campaign which was waged and terminated nine months after it had been drawn up. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference To him of all men it was inapplicable, for no historian studied original documents with greater zest. The Life of Froude But not alone was it inapplicable and preposterous; it was utterly untrue: at least, there are many men who could not subscribe to it without, according to their own convictions, being guilty of a lie. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 The elaborate classification of contraband had to be at once thrown overboard, and most of the remaining provisions of the Declaration proved to be inapplicable to modern warfare. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) I have italicised this clause because it contains the very exception which makes the general proposition inapplicable to Ireland, and to every country whose chief exports are, like Ireland's, raw produce. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines There is therefore no reason for considering the language of the first series of Sonnets as necessarily inapplicable to a masculine friend. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 He knew that the term cure is inapplicable, and only fit to be used by quacks, who gain their livelihood by what they call cures, which they promise the patient to effect. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 493, June 11, 1831 One thinks, as a discerning commentator has observed, of the "broad Shakespearian daylight" of Fitzgerald's fine phrase as being not inapplicable to the atmosphere of MacDowell's writing. Edward MacDowell The passage, however, is so palpably and on the very face of it inapplicable, that its examination needs not detain us long. Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary Just been writing to all the papers to say that it is stupid to call you "Old Dot-and-go-one," because it is inapplicable to either your age or your mode of controversy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 10, 1891 To begin, I throw aside, as wholly inapplicable to the question, or at least as evasive of it, the case of petitions refused on account of disrespectful language towards the persons or the body petitioned. Speech of Mr. Cushing, of Massachusetts, on the Right of Petition, as Connected with Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the District of Columbia. In The House Of Representatives, January 25, 1836. Have I argued my case too high in supposing that the present intended legislative enactment is as inapplicable to Scotland as a pair of elaborate knee-buckles would be to the dress of a kilted Highlander? Political Pamphlets It is their uniform confession that the Japanese language is defective in its terminology on this topic, the word with which one may exhort a woman to be chaste being inapplicable to a man. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic He spoke of the danger of pity—in some cases a commendable and Christian virtue, but inapplicable to this pernicious sect. Twice Told Tales If it grows, the method of fixed alternatives must be inapplicable to it. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher These descriptions, it will be observed, apply exclusively to the southern regions on the east and west of Ceylon; and, in many particulars, they are inapplicable to the northern portions of the island. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 A direction upon one of the two remaining will be less advantageous; while the third direction will be wholly inapplicable. The Art of War But in this sense, of course, it is inapplicable to human beings. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic The "neither eat nor drink," of course, is quite inapplicable; we have far too much eating and drinking on the stage. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" Force being almost inapplicable, they try to work on his passions and feelings, by such expedients as altering the nature of his food or withholding it altogether for a time. Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon On the subject of their numbers, there exists a singular, and to me an inapplicable, sensitiveness. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland It would be found that they are almost always made up of the same phrases, which are sometimes inapplicable, and sometimes hit the mark. Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici This justification of pain as a needful part of an education is, however, inapplicable to never-ending retributive punishment. Robert Browning Our American questions, therefore, must be discussed, reasoned on, decided, and settled, on the appropriate principles of our own constitutions, and not by inapplicable precedents and loose analogies drawn from foreign states. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Their coarse wool serves to make the ordinary cloth of the country, but is inapplicable to any of a finer texture. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 So again with the relations of man and wife; I can nowhere find a command so adapted to the seclusion and depression of the Eastern woman as to be inapplicable to the Christian matron. The Three Brides NOTE.—There are two classes of patients which are unfortunately becoming more common every day, especially among women of the richer orders, to whom all these remarks are pre-eminently inapplicable. Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not It is admitted by Mr. Baty that Article 12 is inapplicable to any routes other than the water-ways specified and the land routes and portages auxiliary to them. Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War I found on entering the first ward,—to use a most inapplicable term for the dark, filthy, forlorn room I have so christened,—an old negro called Friday lying on the ground. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 This motto is in the highest degree inapplicable to the present state of the town, whose old and ruinous appearance looks as if it had known neither improvement nor repair for centuries. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 "It is entirely inapplicable to every part of the Coromandel coast, to which alone the name Ma'bar seems to have been given, but it is quite true of the western coast generally." The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Continually something is becoming superfluous, inapplicable, or wanting in the work of the past. Heart of Man It is often said, that the grey mare is the better horse, but when the horse itself has a grey coat, the proverb seems inapplicable. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, August 16, 1890 The assumption in this is that the "general property tax" is an irremediable failure, and is particularly inapplicable to corporations. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II But lodges of Freemasons differ so much in their organization and character from other societies, that this law will, in very few cases, be found applicable; and, indeed, in many positively inapplicable to them. The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry For the plea of "the good of the living," upon which, after all, the whole defence, considered seriously, rests, was quite inapplicable as an excuse for the incriminated passage. Sterne The same stipulations as to health and against liability for tort are made as in the case of cattle, leaving out whatever is inapplicable to dogs. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro He is many times called Israel, and is often addressed in a tone quite inapplicable to Messiah, viz. as one needing salvation himself; so in ch. xliii. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed And hence it is that vague theories, couched in unintelligible or only half-intelligible language, and almost totally inapplicable to practice, have usually done duty for what is called a system of moral philosophy. Progressive Morality An Essay in Ethics The word "lad" seemed so inapplicable to that gray-headed, care-lined face, which he had known so young and comely, that the misuse of it touched the speaker. Bred in the Bone The wages of any other labour are here an inapplicable criterion. Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy In principle, then, as I said, intellectualism's edge is broken; it can only approximate to reality, and its logic is inapplicable to our inner life, which spurns its vetoes and mocks at its impossibilities. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy Those precepts of the Roman law which relate to Roman manners and institutions unknown in Germany are inapplicable here, though glossed. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Both these rules are therefore false, and fit only to bewilder; and the examples to both are totally inapplicable. The Grammar of English Grammars Mr. Lloyd of Maryland thought the death penalty would be out of proportion to the crime, and considered the extract from Exodus inapplicable since few of the negroes imported had been stolen in Africa. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime It is as inapplicable to these as it is to Weymouth, though the latter seems to insist upon it more than the rest. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Article 5, being an exemption from a particular duty in France, will of course be omitted as inapplicable to Spain. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 1: George Washington Her answer was that the Monroe Doctrine was "inapplicable to the state of things in which we live at the present day" and a refusal to submit her claims to arbitration. A School History of the United States Members, who considered the description inapplicable to a person deported for sedition. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 5, 1919 The word "Lord" became clothed with a majesty and power which rendered it inapplicable, in my views, to any human person. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Sometimes his suggestions interested his employers, but proved unpractical and inapplicable; sometimes he wore out their patience or was thought to be a dangerous dreamer. The Custom of the Country Articles 9 and 10, concerning fisheries, to be omitted as inapplicable. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 1: George Washington As the river was there about 1200 feet wide, and much used for purposes of navigation, a bridge of the ordinary construction was found inapplicable. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain Any such violent expression as 'breaking up,' would have been quite inapplicable to that polite establishment. Dombey and Son In the South of the Union, slavery exists; all that I have just said is consequently inapplicable there. Democracy in America — Volume 2 It is for this reason that the defensive measures which are practised in the waters of the earth are inapplicable to the atmosphere. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Some years afterwards, Lord Stanhope, to whom the art of printing is much indebted, greatly improved the art of stereotyping, though it was still quite inapplicable to newspaper printing. Men of Invention and Industry This is not inapplicable to my uncle and his fencing. The Pickwick Papers It's well if I can remember a little inapplicable Latin to adorn my maiden speech in Parliament six or seven years hence. Adam Bede For the thing called "taking thought," the thing for which the best modern word is "rationalizing," is in its nature, inapplicable to all plain and urgent things. Heretics Who shall say but that this instinctive association was an involuntary severe, but not inapplicable, criticism? Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance These theories offer us only the rudiments, or first section, of economic science; and that is why, like property, they are all contradictory of each other, and half the time inapplicable. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery A broken bone is a mighty small affair at the worst of it; and it belongs to a class of accident to which my paint is quite inapplicable. Fables It declared that the objection to a third presidential term applied only to a third consecutive term and hence was inapplicable to the re-election of Grant. The United States Since the Civil War But she is, and has ever been, so anomalous, that ordinary moral reasoning from history is wholly inapplicable to her. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. The remarkable lightness and compactness of the new boiler invented by Ericsson led to the employment of steam in many instances in which it had been previously inapplicable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 Professionally, if not artistically speaking, Doré passed straight from child to man; in one sense of the word he had no boyhood, the term tyro remained inapplicable. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" The description was not inapplicable, for I think I never beheld a more lowering, black-browed, evil-eyed fellow, since the hour I first saw light. Anna St. Ives What blunders might I have fallen into of quite inapplicable Criticism, but for this timely explanation. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 To spiritual operations the very term 'mode' is perhaps inapplicable, for these are immediate. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Be it a merit or a fault, this predicate is inapplicable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 This melancholy delineation, which was suggested by the state of the Jewish metropolis in the third century, is not quite inapplicable at the present hour. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time It is of course inapplicable under those conditions with minerals that are in very small crystals or in a fibrous condition. Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 It is gratuitous; it is inapplicable to the facts; it supposes more causes than are necessary; it fails to explain the phenomena, leaving the difficulties exactly where it found them. The Fallen Star, or, the History of a False Religion by E.L. Bulwer; And, A Dissertation on the Origin of Evil by Lord Brougham The rite of Circumcision is wholly inapplicable; for there a covenant was between Abraham and God, not between God and the infant. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge That was her plan; and a very good scheme of life it was, but it had one defect, that of being entirely inapplicable to the human being for whom it was intended. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 The Constitution which they adopted was a piece of insanity in the literal sense of the word, a confused medley of absurd, inapplicable forms. The Man in Gray Sir Basil appeared to reflect, and then to put aside reflection as, after all, inapplicable, as yet, to the situation. A Fountain Sealed Observe with what decision, and with what strange boldness, our Lord carries that principle into regions where we might suppose at first sight that it was altogether inapplicable. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Few or none of these reminiscences of Nestor are really "inapplicable to the context." Homer and His Age It is true that generals often bear only remotely on practice, and sometimes are altogether neutralised by peculiar circumstances, e.g., the question, Is political activity a duty? becomes inapplicable to a chronic invalid. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius It has not been settled by a yea or nay, but by indifference, and because yea or nay are both inapplicable. The Early Life of Mark Rutherford (W. Hale White) The qualities of the lamb may be very excellent qualities, but they are specially inapplicable to dealings with the wolf. Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute It must also be noted that there are certainly situations such as guerilla war where this or most means of employing force to obtain Shock and Awe may simply prove inapplicable. Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance So the word was as offensive and insolent as it was foolish and inapplicable. The Marquis of Lossie This was signified by the presence of the chorus, whose presence during many secret transactions has been judged of according to rules of propriety inapplicable to the country, and so most undeservedly censured. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature There is a third positive sign of pregnancy to which the physician has recourse, but generally it is inapplicable as early as those already mentioned. The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy All that was rambling and inapplicable in her wild declamation they consigned to oblivion. Lives of the Necromancers A.--It is generally adopted, but in some cases Boulton and Watt have substituted the plan of a revolving grate for consuming the smoke, and the dead plate then becomes both superfluous and inapplicable. A Catechism of the Steam Engine But though inapplicable to the period to which it was applied, I confess I think the caution which I have just quoted does apply, with considerable force, to the present moment. Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 But mathematical demonstrations are liable to no misconception, and geometrical evidence may well be supposed inapplicable to the theory of the fine arts. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Whoever will not admit this, and renders truth inapplicable, does in fact render it unmeaning. Pragmatism Clearly such rules will be inapplicable to the historical question which of two hypotheses is most likely to be true. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' In this particular work we may derive a most instructive lesson, that in certain points, as of religion in relation to law, the medio tutissimus ibis is inapplicable. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. This has been unfortunate; because records of occurrences and discussions, capable of imparting much valuable instruction to naval officers, have been passed over by them as inapplicable to their own calling. Sea-Power and Other Studies It should state all the new circumstances since the establishment of the Supreme Court which render its existence less necessary than it was, and more inapplicable than ever to the condition of India. A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II But even before these words have found their way to the Garden City, they will, perhaps, be inapplicable,—so rapid is progress at the West. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 "What is the matter, Desdemona?" asked the chaplain, a little tartly, by no means pleased at having his natural history startled by sounds so inapplicable to the subject. Wyandotte A very sound argument is here disguised in a false analogy, an inapplicable precedent, and a sophistical form. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. Thus military bodies have been ruined by mimicry of foreign arrangements quite inapplicable to the conditions of the mimics' country. Sea-Power and Other Studies At the same time, I am not sure whether there might not be such a judicious combination of the elements as to render my remarks inapplicable. England's Antiphon The too indiscriminate admission to that employment, which requires both abilities and integrity, has given rise to injurious reflections, which are totally inapplicable to many very respectable men who exercise it with reputation and honour. Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 His last statement was so obviously inapplicable—what he actually did see was so very far removed from what he said he saw—that he decided to relinquish the point. The Sowers The rules are alien and inapplicable; the process presumptuous, yea, preposterous. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. What blunders might I have fallen into of quite inapplicable criticism, but for this timely explanation! The Best Letters of Charles Lamb Perhaps her terms would have been more lenient, certainly not harder, as she would have understood that conditions such as we have imposed on the losers are simply inapplicable. Peaceless Europe To say, however, that a thing is 'not-white' is merely to say that the term 'white' is inapplicable to it. Deductive Logic All that I urge against conquest in general is inapplicable here, and I say let England guard such spots. Round the World I grant that division and separation are terms inapplicable, yet surely three distinct though undivided Gods, are three Gods. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. They are inapplicable to deep passion and spiritual matters. More Pages from a Journal "Rookery" appears to me to be inapplicable to a herd of sea elephants, though "pup" supplies a more apt description of the young. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 And to such miracles Hume's argument, the argument of incommunicability, is inapplicable. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 It is, perhaps, more correct to say that the word deception has no particular meaning for them, and implies a standard which is altogether inapplicable. Catharine Furze Our imagination represents to itself souls like pebbles, and asks itself what count can be kept of a million, but number in such a case is inapplicable. Clara Hopgood Not her cousin Lucian; for rising young politicians must have helpful wives, with feminine politics and powers of visiting and entertaining; a description inapplicable to the phoenix. Cashel Byron's Profession To the most important positions the civil service method is, however, inapplicable; imagine a President having to appoint as his Secretary of State the man who passed the best examination in diplomacy! Problems of Conduct On what grounds, then, is it justifiable to supersede this salutary internal action of the Corporation, and to exercise the arbitrary power of the legislature to enforce crude and inapplicable innovations? The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges Nothing is more evident than that the epithet of virtue is inapplicable to the refraining from that action on account of the evil arbitrarily attached to it. A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays These "requests" cover pages, and touch upon every phase of law applicable or inapplicable to the case. Courts and Criminals We may also remark that the contrast of historical and unhistorical is obviously inapplicable to this case, and, moreover, is unessential for the end we have in view. Prolegomena Accordingly, it is believed that the principal characteristics of the English Constitution are inapplicable in countries where the materials for a monarchy or an aristocracy do not exist. The English Constitution It would have been reasoning inapplicable to Adela, but from a certain point of view it might have served as a resource. Demos No, I mustn't say "allowed", the word is inapplicable; I never claimed the right to dictate to you. The Whirlpool The psychological idea is, therefore, meaningless and inapplicable, except as the schema of a regulative conception. The Critique of Pure Reason Your notion of the improvement of the world has appeared to be a mere speculation, altogether inapplicable in practice; and as dangerous to weak heads and heated imaginations as it is congenial to benevolent hearts. Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society Some things after use become inapplicable to their former purposes, as paper which has been printed upon: but it is yet available for the cheesemonger or the trunk-maker. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Rather, good and evil were distinctions inapplicable in proportion as these new interests made themselves felt. Gaston de Latour; an unfinished romance All day long he has a free choice between even physical laws, which mere things have not, and which make the laws of mere things inapplicable to him. Roman and the Teuton But I have seen it in places where that solution was quite inapplicable. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Thus the general explanation given above of the custom of killing a god seems inapplicable to the Zuni custom, the true meaning of which is somewhat obscure. The Golden Bough The ancient methods of computing tables were altogether inapplicable to such a proceeding. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures In the present instance I am afraid your rule is inapplicable. The Trampling of the Lilies But a difficulty of the same kind with that affecting the crater theory, runners, as we shall presently see, this view inapplicable to the greater number of atolls. Coral Reefs Or in other words, the conception of a cause is inapplicable to the phenomena we are examining. War and Peace The idea that early kingdoms are despotisms in which the people exist only for the sovereign, is wholly inapplicable to the monarchies we are considering. The Golden Bough Its difficulty principally arises from the high eccentricity of the largest of the orbits, which renders the more ordinary methods of calculation inapplicable. Great Astronomers The preaching of contentment is in disrepute, well deserved in so far that the moral is really quite inapplicable to the anarchy and insane peril of our tall and toppling cities. A Miscellany of Men That little advice about the two dogs is very well, and was not altogether inapplicable. North America — Volume 1 All the habits and rules of his life that had seemed so firm, had turned out suddenly false and inapplicable. Anna Karenina Some of the company thought the observation not inapplicable to what they had been hearing. The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family My usual stratagem of the weather and the crops was wholly inapplicable. Russia All our controversies are confused by certain kinds of phrases which are not merely untrue, but were always unmeaning; which are not merely inapplicable, but were always intrinsically useless. A Miscellany of Men The minister in whom Rabourdin sought to confide was in the habit of listening to men of undoubted superiority as they explained ingenious theories of government, applicable or inapplicable to the affairs of France. Bureaucracy With reference to this point, a very eminent graduate of Harvard then volunteered to me some advice, which at first sight looked sound, but which I soon found to be inapplicable. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 If there be an abuse of correspondences, or symbols, there surely must also be a use, to which the word "magic" is not inapplicable. Bygone Beliefs: being a series of excursions in the byways of thought The written law of inheritance founded on the conception of personal property, is quite unknown to the peasantry, and quite inapplicable to their mode of life. Russia All these pre-natal experiences now seemed utterly inapplicable to the new man he had become. The Glimpses of the Moon It was all so rash, imprudent, arrogant, all that; false, or but half true; inapplicable wholly as a rule of noble conduct;—and it has ended thus. Life of John Sterling What seems to political philosophers abstractly the best possible government may be utterly inapplicable in certain concrete cases. Russia |
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