| 单词 | inconceivably |
| 例句 | It was an inconceivably stupid thing to have done. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Someone had—inconceivably—come after them in the jungle, someone had tried to take Adiah away, and... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But they were far off still; it was just that the mountains were immense, and with every hour that they came closer, they seemed yet more inconceivably high. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was, for a long time, in spite of—or, not inconceivably, because of—the shabbiness of my motives, my only sustenance, my meat and drink. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Radio technology permits that message to be inconceivably rich. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells it better than anyone else, but even so he is sometimes inconceivably bad. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A spectacularly dull, utterly unoriginal and inconceivably ill-judged wodge of lifeless tripe has been thrust upon the moviegoing public, and they have lapped it up like flies in a bowl of sugar. Post-credits scene: Killers 2010-06-22T10:26:00Z From the viewpoint of the sermonizers, the malicious calumnies of Goebbels that had led to the chimneys were being trafficked anew, inconceivably by an American Jew. Cynthia Ozick Calls the New Philip Roth Biography a ‘Narrative Masterwork’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z And, of course, there was riotously filthy, inconceivably revolting humor. Only Gilbert Gottfried Could Be So Dirty and So Heartbreaking 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z His images – of miners as monumental as standing stones, of masked dancers in a doorway that seems to echo the shape of Zapata's moustache – show another world, almost inconceivably remote. Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-40 – review 2013-07-06T23:05:35Z De Niro’s character, a retired businessman who takes a junior intern position at Hathaway’s company, however, is in his 70s, inconceivably elderly in the eyes of his fellow employees. Robert De Niro: he's calling time on interviews but what about his career? 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z I loved the people, who were inconceivably smart and cared about books in a way not many of my other friends did. I Quit Yale 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Time is written into the sedimentary layers of the cliffs he photographed, or computed in the rings of the inconceivably ancient and enormous Californian sequoias. Eadweard Muybridge 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z Linden suggests that although we might be quick to say we couldn’t live without the senses of sight or sound, it is actually touch that is almost inconceivably integral to our lives. Why we love back rubs, chili peppers and the sex from “50 Shades”: David Linden on the strange science of touch 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z We in my profession — in numbers almost inconceivably large, embarrassingly vast — are assassinating trees, squandering valuable pixels, disgracing our sacred language, by using a three-word phrase that is never warranted and always stupid. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Journalists, beware. Use this phrase and he’ll call you out. 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Our caption exchange sparked a real-life chat during which we waxed poetic on this special bean that is often, inconceivably, overlooked in a lot of households. A love letter to the vastly underrated kidney bean 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z To be a skater, you must repeatedly attempt an inconceivably difficult task, knowing that you will injure yourself along the way. Eternal Youth in Tompkins Square Park 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z “The images of the auction on television seemed inconceivably distant from my own life,” Mr. Chen wrote in his memoir. Sotheby’s New Major Shareholder Is Already a Power in Chinese Art 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z And, inconceivably, the fixes are frequently ignored or ineffective. Why can’t medicine seem to fix simple mistakes? 2012-07-24T16:57:00Z Mann told Salon that there will be "far worse extreme weather events than those we see today," including "withering droughts, epic floods, deadly hurricanes, and almost inconceivably hot heatwaves." This is what the world will look like in 100 years if we do nothing to stop climate change 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z To understand the dilemma, a brief refresher is needed: In the first second after the big bang, our universe was an almost inconceivably hot and dense soup of primordial particles. JWST’s First Glimpses of Early Galaxies Could Break Cosmology 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z At a gathering of nuclear professionals and enthusiasts in Anaheim a couple of months ago, the tenor of the conversations about the Diablo Canyon Power Plant — California’s last operating nuclear reactor — turned inconceivably hopeful. The Future of California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Roosevelt lamented, “We never should have had an extradition treaty with Russia. Its conduct toward so-called political criminals is so inconceivably brutal and foolish.” Before Griner, a Russian prosecution put Theodore Roosevelt in a bind 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z A sign that marks the water level in 2002 inconceivably stands above a road that descends to boat slips in the distance. AP PHOTOS: Amid drought, Lake Mead 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Brown herself is a genius of soup — her superb corn chowder, served last winter, and more recent buttery-rich lima bean stew both rate as legitimately thrilling and, inconceivably, vegan. Restaurant review: Communion serves up delicious ‘Seattle Soul’ cuisine that deeply matters 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z But they have suffered inconceivably brutal pogroms and mass killings at other times, including during the Czarist era, communist revolutions and the Holocaust. Israel and aid groups ready to aid Ukrainian Jewish community if war comes 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z England had inconceivably allowed a 31-point lead to lapse in a desperate 38-38 draw in their final Six Nations match against Scotland. 'People may get mad, cry, walk out' 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z But, inconceivably, Democrats are failing to pursue some of the best policies to cut demand for gasoline. Opinion | President Biden’s electric car plan is missing this key policy 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z But certain objects—like black holes, which condense enormous mass into an inconceivably tiny space—can’t be fully described without a theory of everything known as quantum gravity. The Universe’s Clock Might Have Bigger Ticks Than We Imagine 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Technological species may even regularly destroy their capacity for interstellar contact, something that not inconceivably could be our own fate. We Should Message Extraterrestrial Civilizations, Not Just Listen for Them 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Now we're talking about a very long time, almost an inconceivably long time in the future, but ultimately that is what will happen. Why "Cosmos" producer Ann Druyan is optimistic about the future 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z The other, that she was a gifted and almost inconceivably determined con artist. 'People are caught up in magical thinking': was the oldest woman in the world a fraud? 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z In “Dog at Rest,” it is hard to accept that Dou’s almost inconceivably lifelike rendering of the different textures of terra-cotta, wicker basket, cut twigs and wooden clogs is just colored paint. Perspective | This cute little mutt will melt your heart 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Either Sondland was wildly, almost inconceivably ignorant about what was going on around him, or in trying to salvage his reputation, he just lied to Congress. Opinion | How Did Gordon Sondland Think This Was Going to End? 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z United are sleepwalking to something perhaps inconceivably bad. Marcus Rashford the biggest victim of Manchester United fall from grace | Jonathan Wilson 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z He went on to predict that free agency would mean the loss of teams and “not inconceivably the loss of a major league.” Opinion | California did the right thing. Don’t buy into the NCAA’s propaganda. 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Found only inside an inconceivably deep, sweltering geothermal pool called Devils Hole near Death Valley, and numbering fewer than 200, Devils Hole pupfish are endangered, but not helpless. How some of the world's rarest fish dodged a California earthquake 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Understood as a form of militant hope, pedagogy in this sense is not an antidote to politics, a nostalgic yearning for a better time, or for some “inconceivably alternative future.” Against the dictatorship of ignorance in the age of Trump, Part 2: We can still fight back 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Additionally, it expressed its alarm at security forces using the “inconceivably barbaric tactic” of running over protesters while breaking up demonstrations, according to the statement. Sudan’s doctors union says 57 killed in recent protests 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Come 2030-40, when the world is on the precipice of inconceivably destroying itself, remember this article. The Oil Industry’s Covert Campaign to Rewrite American Car Emissions Rules 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z But the universe is inconceivably vast, and in the grand cosmic scheme of things all of this light provides about as much illumination as a 60-watt bulb seen from 2.5 miles away. All the Light There Is to See? 4 x 10⁸⁴ Photons 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Anthony Bourdain was almost inconceivably high-functioning, and won so many awards that he seemed ready to give an award to his favorite award. Anthony Bourdain, Kate Space, and Preventable Tragedies 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z If you zoomed in to the Planck scale, an almost inconceivably small size of 10–35 meter, they thought you would see something like a chessboard. What Is Spacetime? 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z This is causing major issues now & inconceivably going from bad to worse! TSB computer fiasco enters second week 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z The researchers initially used Dragonfly to study a different galaxy, one appearing to possess an almost inconceivably gargantuan amount of dark matter, which was a weird result in and of itself. Astronomers Boggle at Distant Galaxy Devoid of Dark Matter 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The Wizards shot just 40 percent in the first half, yet almost inconceivably they were right in the game. Warriors control third quarter — and the Wizards — in 109-101 win 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The movie eschews narration and captions, and instead just strings together one stunning scene after another of inconceivably wealthy oil men indulging their passions. Qatari sheiks pursue passion for falconry in documentary 'The Challenge' 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The first time I saw it, from an observatory on the hills of Barcelona, it made me conscious that I was looking at an inconceivably massive object in the actual universe. Letter of Recommendation: Saturn 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z You find Padgett five weeks after this whole place went inconceivably rocked, when the U.S. David Padgett is providing some calm after Rick Pitino’s storm at Louisville 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Later, the company doctor called her in and told her that her triglyceride levels were almost inconceivably low. Rare Gene Mutations Inspire New Heart Drugs 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Though Mr. Ailes became inconceivably wealthy during his career, he never lost sight of what bonded him with that audience: resentment for the “New York-Hollywood elitists” he believed populated the rest of the news media. Roger Ailes: The Man Who Mined a Divided America 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z It intrigued him that pythons and other constricting snakes, in particular, could ingest an “inconceivably large mass” at one time. When the Lab Rat Is a Snake 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Yes, Clinton was doing well in some places, but Donald Trump’s numbers in Republican areas were inconceivably big. Opinion | The night Clinton said what she never expected to say: ‘Congratulations, Donald’ 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z In light of this research, arguing today that your body fat responds to everything you eat the exact same way is almost inconceivably naïve. Big Sugar’s Secret Ally? Nutritionists 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Then, almost inconceivably, Maddon left Chapman in to face the first hitter of the ninth inning, despite a 9-2 Chicago lead. Cubs choke, Indians win: Alternate Game 7 column shows fine line between winning and losing 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z There are conceivably – or inconceivably – 2tn galaxies in the universe, up to 20 times more than previously thought, astronomers reported on Thursday. Clinton to nation: let's bury Trump under landslide | The daily briefing 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z That leads to some inconceivably large numbers, not to mention some mind-boggling working concepts. Has the age of quantum computing arrived? 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z “It’s inconceivably bad, actually, if we don’t get a handle on it, and there’s a huge sense of urgency to get this right,” he said. World heading for catastrophe over natural disasters, risk expert warns 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z A passing gravitational wave will stretch spacetime in one direction and compress it in another, causing an inconceivably small change in the length of the detectors’ two arms, which is measured by a laser. Found! Gravitational Waves, or a Wrinkle in Spacetime 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Those toys can range from guitar picks that cost a dime through inconceivably sophisticated synthesizers or ultra-high end grand pianos that retail for the price of a luxury automobile or more. 2016 NAMM musical products show draws nearly 100,000 to Anaheim 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z “Jason Rezaian’s unjust detention on espionage and other charges trumped up by Iranian authorities has now, almost inconceivably, stretched into nearly a full year,” said The Post’s executive editor, Martin Baron. Iran holds third closed-door court session for detained Post journalist 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps the self-confidence needed to be an almost inconceivably great champion is only a centimeter removed from significant self-delusion. Spieth, McIlroy have a hold on the Masters 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Or that, inconceivably, your pilot or, in this case, your co-pilot, is out of control? A monster in the cockpit of the Germanwings airliner 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z In California, where the transformation from pristine wilderness to the most populous state in the nation took place in an inconceivably brief timeframe, such change is felt especially acutely. What Images of Construction and Destruction Teach Us About Photography 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z A decade ago, such a development would have seemed inconceivably out of place — not just in the nation’s capital, but in those U.S. and Canadian cities that actually consider themselves capitals of hockey. NHL Winter Classic has established a New Year’s Day foothold for hockey 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The total sounds inconceivably high, staggering and exaggerated for effect. Jerry Angelo comments on domestic abuse open important conversation 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z There also is a sort of DNA wiring system that is almost inconceivably intricate. Far From ‘Junk,’ DNA Dark Matter Proves Crucial to Health 2012-09-05T17:46:30Z The brain is inconceivably complex, so much so that trying to understand its mysteries through a network of equations is like trying to collect the sea with fishing nets. What Is the Fundamental Nature of Consciousness? [Excerpt] 2012-08-03T14:15:08.830Z I tell you, child, that marriage is almost inconceivably dull. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z All this had taken place in an inconceivably short space of time; but the next minute, the panic with which the villains had been seized subsided a little. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z When they found themselves free and floating upon the surface of the water, they marvelled that the whole thing had been so inconceivably simple. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z The rooms and staircases are almost inconceivably numerous; and there are said to be two miles of passages and corridors! Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z Notwithstanding the danger, there was something inconceivably ludicrous in the blank consternation that fell on the ship, exhibited in rueful countenances, the long-drawn whistle or laconic emphatic expression. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z The recourse of political democracy would have been added, but the familiar methods of political pressure upwards through the clan to the government might, not inconceivably, prove the more efficacious. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z It is not that the latter is so inconceivably intense. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z This shows how almost inconceivably tenuous the material forming the comet must have been—much more rarefied, indeed, than the most perfect vacuum which can be produced in an air-pump. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z I find some expressions here which give me great satisfaction: The Infinite One who made thee inconceivably thyself; this divisible, indivisible world, this main miracle that thou art thou, etc. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z The sun shone full on one of them while we were there, and the effect was inconceivably rich. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Photography possesses a vast advantage over the eye in revealing the marvelous character of this object, an inconceivably vast celestial whirlpool. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Most ova are very minute cells, often microscopically minute, and a spermatozoon may be only 1/100,000th of the ovum's size—inconceivably minute, but yet exceedingly real and potent. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z In a space of time inconceivably short, the doings of the old lawyer and the Dean's remonstrance were all over Bicester. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z The glittering weapons of ten thousand horsemen, in the utmost splendor of barbaric chivalry, brilliant with plumes and arms of burnished steel and gold, presented an array inconceivably imposing. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z In a space of time inconceivably small the doings of the grim old lawyer and the Dean's remonstrance were all over Bicester. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z How is this inconceivably vast output of energy maintained practically invariable throughout the centuries? Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z The young lady, who was paying with the backboard for a too ready wit, put out the unruly member, and, narrowly escaping detection, looked inconceivably sullen. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z I’ve always heard that there are lots, and there are — by my first Google search, an inconceivably large amount, in fact. The Choice Blog: 13 Applications In, a Few Responses, and Now I Wait 2012-02-02T18:30:30Z It was too inconceivably hideous that he should meet his friend in this guise, and, further, be unable to reveal himself. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Tom was inconceivably daring; but not daring enough for this. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z If so, they must be inconceivably vast in size, and would develop, not into solar systems, but into stellar clusters. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z George III. and his ministers took it into their heads to sow the wind; and, in an almost inconceivably short time, they reaped the whirlwind. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z I rather fear you would add to the weight, instead of lightening it, as you could not speak peace to my mind, which is inconceivably hurt. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z There were slatted door screens, cream-colored with a sapphire-blue glass knob, topped in an elaborate Gothic scrolling; and the door beyond, inconceivably tall, opened on an interior that seemed to reach upward without any limit. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z And then Raimundo would amaze her by some inconceivably childish and innocent proceeding. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z This explanation would avoid the necessity of supposing actual motion of matter through space at velocities heretofore unobserved and inconceivably high. Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies 2012-03-17T02:01:02.630Z Don't you see, uncle, that the disgrace of being a deceived husband rests solely upon me, and it would be made much, inconceivably, worse, if you fought the duel and not I? The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Some link is snapped; and then how inconceivably rapid may be, and sometimes is, the course of thought. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z To Forbes, who had not slept all night and had sent down for the papers soon after daybreak, the stories were inconceivably cruel, ghoulish, fiendishly ingenious. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Lift up one hand to heaven and thank your stars if they have given you the proper sense to enable you to appreciate the inconceivably droll situations in which we catch our fellow creatures. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z The wonder is, that Schopenhauer's nature should have been so inconceivably stable and unshakable that it could neither be destroyed nor petrified by this yearning. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Thus is the truth opened to the feeblest and smallest mind that education has still to go on, even when people are so inconceivably old as children are apt to think their parents. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z As he tried to puzzle out how it all had come about it struck him as quite inconceivably comical. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z The season here is monotonously magnificent—and we look inconceivably off across the blue channel, the lovely rim, toward the nearness of the horrors that are in perpetration just beyond.... The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z Every organism lasts a limited time, during which it is carried along an inconceivably small fraction of the tremendous cycle. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z Increasingly and inconceivably in the city’s public schools, volunteerism is expected to keep the system upright. Big City: Big City ? While Filmmakers Flourish, Schools Sacrifice 2011-11-12T16:19:33Z The price exceeded the value of the purchase inconceivably. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z The people were a fine race, but almost inconceivably dirty, some of them seemed grimed with the dirt of years. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z We do not know whether it is finite or infinite; we know only that it is inconceivably greater than we are. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z Being totally at variance with the simplicity of Harriet's taste, she found them very uninteresting, and inconceivably fatiguing, and after a while she had great difficulty in keeping herself awake. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z And then their misgivingly sweet communion was ended by what was so inconceivably and suddenly alarming and dangerous that even Stafford was, for a moment, dazed. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z If successful, they knew it would cause death and desolation over an inconceivably wide area, and prove at once a most extraordinary and startling development of modern warfare. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z What was the use of trying to pretend that the things which delighted and amused a child were not inconceivably tiresome to a grown-up? Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The total mass of all the living creatures on the earth’s surface, including all animals and all vegetation, is almost inconceivably small, as compared with the mass of the earth. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z Their standards of living are so inconceivably low, their congestion is so painful, and their consequent desire for relief so keen that the high-standard, relatively empty white world seems to them a perfect paradise. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z The Microscopes which I make magnify Objects inconceivably. The Travels and Adventures of James Massey 2011-09-13T02:00:31.293Z But no, she had done nothing to deserve, to bring upon herself, this new, this inconceivably outrageous humiliation! The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z The real thing seems so inconceivably wrong after what the mind had pictured. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z Life in Africa seemed to me to be inconceivably petty. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z She seemed almost inconceivably petty in conversation and idea, but if one were strong enough to speak only to the truth that was in her, she could answer. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z Before we die, may we know that to be alive is astounding, inconceivably precious, a privilege beyond reckoning. Dot Earth Blog: Farewell to a 'Recovering Plunderer' 2011-08-12T17:32:28Z You are inconceivably like in person to a very wicked and dangerous man. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z Apparently there is but one continuous current, but in reality each transmission is separated from the others by an almost inconceivably short interval of time. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z The economic waste of the past four years is almost inconceivably great; and to restore this waste puts upon every nation an amount of production vastly greater than any known in the past. Religion and the War 2011-07-18T02:00:22.307Z A breath, a lifting of the hand, an inconceivably small intervention would have diverted the attention of either of us. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z It is for this reason, that the motion of the celestial bodies is invisible, although inconceivably rapid. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Of course the whole length of our orbit is inconceivably small, and the speed of our revolutions is inconceivably great. Autobiography of an Electron Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion 2011-06-19T02:00:25.633Z But, inconceivably inane as it sounds, the business of the Comedy Feet has been here set forth without the faintest colour of exaggeration; and her wits were numb from the impact of its wanton stupidity. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Atavism is a curious and an awful thing; an influence may rise through the dark detritus of inconceivably remote time, take our lives in its shadowy hands, and shape them to strange ends. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Above us a giant screen is gently filling with numbers, row after row of digits - it's the daily flow of data from an inconceivably remote corner of space. To boldly go 2011-06-10T07:12:59Z And by the vibratory motion of the invisibly small, all things are revealed; the infinitely little has enabled us to conquer the inconceivably big. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Notwithstanding its wealth, beauty and splendor, the society of Antioch was inconceivably corrupt and degraded. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z He gave me the impression of hanging in the sky above billows unthinkably huge and rocks inconceivably hard. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z The disturbance of the water was inconceivably fine. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z I want to give you an illustration, very concrete: Many of New York's inconceivably vast fortunes have been expanded by corrupt councils selling watercourses and other property for a mere song to private owners. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z "Well, I know you are not given to joking, and this would certainly be an inconceivably bad joke; but it is almost more inconceivable that you should be in earnest." That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Among the most obviously important and most inconceivably fruitful of all the applications of steam which marked the period we are now studying, is that of the steam-engine to the propulsion of vessels. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z In the openings the most inconceivably lovely flowers bloom, and humming birds flash hither and thither, sparkling like variegated jewels in the few rays of sunshine that penetrate the massive canopy of leaves. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z The relation between them is most intimate,—is inconceivably intimate; but the relation is not the same in nature and kind as that which subsists between an effect and its efficient, or producing cause. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z The nervous system, in its two-fold relation to the physical and spiritual being, is inconceivably more finely organized than the most perfect musical instrument, and is possessed of finer sensitiveness. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z All this had happened in an inconceivably short space of time. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z Her mind was like a piece of inconceivably intricate machinery, full of latent and complicated motion. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z These said black babies are inconceivably quaint, and the older children charming, and very intelligent, till they reach their twelfth year, when their brains suddenly appear to cease all development, excepting in the imitative arts. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z The Louisville loss was undoubtedly exciting but also inconceivably damaging to brackets all over the country. The Quad: Friday at the N.C.A.A. Tournament: More, Please 2011-03-18T15:05:17Z It was then thought necessary to place upon the trees a number of simultaneous cuts which the modern planter would judge to be inconceivably excessive. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z Under charge of young Tom Kelly, a sheepish lad of sixteen, with his father's smile, they all got into an inconceivably small dinghy, loading it down till it was almost awash. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The consequence is, a power of multiplication inconceivably great. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z "Certainly, certainly, Herr Doctor, inconceivably much, and even by single individuals, yourself for instance," said Euphrasia, as she bowed humbly before Hegel's all-knowing pupil. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Gall-bladders, jackals’ tails, and the polished teeth of monkeys, wolves, and tigers, made the head inconceivably hideous; and the great eyes glittering in the dusk would have startled the lovers had they looked up. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z The groans of the dying, the curses and shrieks of those not yet in the agonies of death, must have been inconceivably horrible. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Your linen is of the finest, and of the latest and most expensive fashion, while the remainder of your attire is so inconceivably forlorn. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z In the third place, on this supposition, the soul might communicate its thoughts and receive a knowledge of events and of other minds, through distances inconceivably great, with the speed of lightning. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z In comparison how plain and compact all this was—like a bird's nest—yet how inconceivably charming when contrasted with the horror she now dwelt in. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z How inconceivably great then must be the patience of God, who not only pardons offences so numerous and so heinous, but also returns all manner of kindness to the offender himself. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z If so, was ever degree so inconceivably prohibited? The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z O'Sullivan, who likes to maintain a rhythm, is not and his unease was obvious when the opening frame lasted – almost inconceivably for him - 42 minutes. Davis has mountain to climb at Crucible 2010-04-27T20:11:00Z As if this were not sufficient suffering, their agonies were, from time to time, augmented by heavy blows, and their shrieks were inconceivably distressing. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas How remote, how inconceivably remote, was that world in which one implored St. Josephs for signs of favour. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The probability is that a degree of antiquity applies to this globe so inconceivably remote that, like stellar distances, the mind can hardly realize the truth. The Story of Malta The whole thing, everything since yesterday afternoon had been inconceivably preposterous—and she herself preposterous most of all! The Belovéd Traitor And in the processes of Nature such direction or determination must be exercised in particulars inconceivably intricate, to which the works of man furnish no parallel. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer Yet this is an inconceivably low estimate; lands upon improved roads advance in value from four to twenty dollars per acre. The Future of Road-making in America The only “irrepressible conflict” is between pro-slavery and anti-slavery opinion: Here indeed collision may be inconceivably disastrous, and fanaticism may thrust her sickle into the harvest of death. The Alternative: A Separate Nationality, or The Africanization of the South Can it be said that we impair this sanction when we hold that the suffering consequent on guilt is absolutely certain, lasting in its duration, and inconceivably dreadful in its nature? The Essential Faith of the Universal Church Deduced from the Sacred Records The Prior shrugged his shoulders with a slight but inconceivably contemptuous movement, which indicated that he was weary of the father's line of argument. The Firebrand Though almost all England had been partially cultivated, and we find nearly the same manors, except in the north, which exist at present, yet the value and extent of cultivated ground are inconceivably small. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 That she was in deadly peril Dylara did not doubt, but not to know the form such peril took was inconceivably worse. The Return of Tharn It was obviously, he said, of a nature inconceivably insulting; the memory of it rankled yet, though he had heard only the beginning and did not get the—But let that pass. Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus The process by which the inconceivably great numbers of Chinese temples came to be is not without an interest of its own. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology He was about fifteen feet long and inconceivably hideous. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 It is only needed to instance the tailor who was found cutting up an ancient MS. for patterns, to show how almost inconceivably wholesale the havoc thus done has been in the last six centuries. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII The coronation services were wonderfully impressive and inconceivably splendid. Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands There is a sufficient source of physical life which upholds the universe and is not burdened, which in continuance and exuberantly brings forth life in inconceivably various forms. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II There was a mail, the ghost of a tonga, with tattered side-cloths and patched roof, inconceivably filthy within and without, and it was Her Majesty's. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Poor, pretty, fair-haired child! there was something inconceivably shocking in the thought of Juliet dead. An Unknown Lover In an inconceivably short space of time the whole expedition was safely within it. Haviland's Chum He shuddered to think that but for their signal good fortune in being blessed with fine dry weather, such might not inconceivably have been the case. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising They are in a waiting, though in an inconceivably blissful state. The State of the Blessed Dead They think that you can be so inconceivably base! The Scarlet Banner The manners, even among the noblest dames, were inconceivably rude. Women of Early Christianity She could not think, now, how she could have done anything so inconceivably silly, and so useless as to put herself in the power of Mrs. Potten. The New Warden And I am happy, most happy, most inconceivably happy that thou art! Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 But it was indeed the Duke, for I had often seen him going to the Parliament in his state and dignity, but there in the snow he looked inconceivably mean, dirty and small. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway But in this work the shapes and the colors, the grandeur and the beauty were inconceivably beyond human copying. Eleven Possible Cases He was not fastidious—he had worked for a Chinese ship owner—but the officers at the other tables, in their inconceivably correct uniforms and polished harness, made him uneasy. Command And he laughed his own peculiar hard laugh, as though the mere fancy of another man's poverty was something inconceivably pleasant and amusing. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Bruyningh's face is like the "tirade" of a French play—it is rendered at white heat and in one inconceivably long breath. Artists Past and Present Random Studies "And if it be evil to stand in the path of a thunderbolt, how inconceivably foolish to invite its stroke!" The Song of the Wolf Dearest," I said very humbly, "I have been inconceivably boorish, and worse. The Portal of Dreams Added to this, as they reside in woods, in the most inaccessible parts of which they take refuge on being hard pressed by their enemies, an offensive warfare against them is inconceivably arduous. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment The peasant’s holdings are inconceivably neglected, for the moujik is the laziest creature on God’s earth. The Red Symbol She, being fully convinced in her own mind that "poor dear Stephen" is feeling himself in the cold, and is, therefore, inconceivably wretched, determines, with most mistaken kindness, to come to the rescue. Portia or By Passions Rocked The mutual slaughter of the two armies had been inconceivably awful inexpressibly ghastly, shuddering, sickening. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro I saw such ferocity and confusion, turning the deck into a shambles in an inconceivably short space, that even now I cannot say in what sequence these things happened. The Portal of Dreams It was possible to aggravate to him the horrors of that event tenfold, and to increase inconceivably the torture of his already agonised mind—and poor M'Intyre found it was so. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 But the automatic and inconceivably fast and accurate calculators in the ships, tied together by tight communication beams, held them there in safety. Generals Help Themselves It is founded on poker, played with the honours out of many packs, and inconceivably dreary. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) The power and grandeur of these nocturnal forest concerts is inconceivably striking and pleasing to the hunter’s ear. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 The whole place is inconceivably small for the dwelling of a family, for there is not even an attic-room, or any other spot where children could have been hidden away. Home Life of Great Authors An inconceivably strange and horrid figure he looked. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. Astor realized the inconceivably vaster profits which would be his in extending his scope to the domains of the far West, so prolific in opportunities for furs. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times The motive for this act was inconceivably small; poor Tari’s wages, which were thus economised, would scarce have shook the credit of the New Bedford owners. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) Now it so happens that I want to help Earth; I have a certain perverse fondness for the human race, even though it is inconceivably backward by Galactic standards. A World by the Tale Their minutest organs must be composed of molecules, atoms, ions and electrons inconceivably smaller than are the organs themselves. Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View He recalled her in fact as a most unattractive, gawky little girl, who must have changed inconceivably for the better if she were to interest Mr. Ashly Crane personally. Clark's Field The general tone of morals was inconceivably low, and a universal passion for alcohol and card-playing prevailed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" The tents of King Darius and his household were inconceivably splendid, and were filled with gold and silver vessels, caskets, vases, boxes of perfumes, and every imaginable article of luxury and show. Alexander the Great Makers of History Many were ragged and rotten, all inconceivably cheerless. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 Though it is become inconceivably tiresome, I cannot help writing and talking about it myself, so impossible is it to avoid the contagion. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III Its rooms and staircases are almost inconceivably numerous. Dickens' London When Macaulay attacks an old non-juror or a modern Tory, we can only wonder how opinions which, on his showing, are so inconceivably absurd, could ever have been held by any human being. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The ether of the physical world is almost inconceivably tenuous matter. Elementary Theosophy Again it was, inconceivably, the mingled childishness, callousness and considerateness. Tante The movement of these members must be inconceivably rapid, else they'd be invisible at the speed the Nomad was traveling. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 It was a scene inconceivably beautiful, and it was impossible to realize what must be happening out there. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 The boy was proud of having atoned in full, very full, measure for his sin; the master looked upon the punishment as inconceivably worse than the crime. The Soul of a People She asked herself once only if Susie could, inconceivably, have been blatant about her; for the question, on the spot, was really blown away for ever. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 Though built of granite some of the detail is quite fine, and the lower columns are well proportioned; but the upper part is ridiculously heavy and out of keeping with the rest, and inconceivably ill-designed. Portuguese Architecture But as he dipped his pen he said aloud, half admiring and inconceivably irritated: "The little devil!" The Prisoner They would cause anything, living or dead, to shrink to inconceivably microscopic dimensions—or restore it to its former size, depending upon the exact wave-length used. The Pygmy Planet Now we are a greater people, our justice is better, our prisons are better, our morality is inconceivably better than Imperial Rome ever dreamt of. The Soul of a People Why did she now feel inexplicably relieved, inconceivably at ease, almost happy? The Wild Geese Throughout, the proceedings were almost inconceivably brilliant and enjoyable, and it was well after the “wee short hour beyont the twal” when the National Anthem was sung. Adventures and Recollections In talking of some inconceivably distant bodies, he introduced the mention of this plain theorem, to remind me that the progress of light could be measured in the one case as well as the other. Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works Once more, Larry felt the sensation that everything about him except the plane itself, was expanding inconceivably in size. The Pygmy Planet In short, a born liar, credulous and barbarous, crassly ignorant and inconceivably stubborn.' Ghetto Comedies In a highly organised and complex animal, the gemmules thrown off from each different cell or unit throughout the body must be inconceivably numerous and minute. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) Suddenly, brilliantly, inconceivably, the 'Greys' had won the game. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron We had some new English families inconceivably ugly; it is quite a calamity, they look as if they had been selected on purpose. The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 Light is now understood to be an undulation of the interstellar ether, that inconceivably rare, elastic expanse of matter which occupies all space,—an undulation communicated by the incandescent envelope of suns. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 They put the National Woman Suffrage Association in an inconceivably higher and nobler position than that occupied by any similar society. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm—a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars in heaven. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) He was almost unaware of it, it was so inconceivably gradual, so immeasurably slow. The Combined Maze Eric gave him a letter to the counsellors of state, some of whom accompanied him back to Dalarna, and convinced themselves that the distress of the province was inconceivably great. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 They lined this gallery throughout with purple velvet, and ornamented it in other ways, so as to make the approach to the church through it inconceivably splendid. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History Its great difficulty consisted in the enormous light-power of the object to be represented, rendering an inconceivably short period of exposure indispensable, under pain of getting completely "burnt-up" plates. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition Russian conversations on such subjects are always carried on inconceivably stupidly. The Brothers Karamazov He had a curiously uplifting sense of the gravity and impressiveness of the business upon which at last, inconceivably, he came. The Combined Maze Muscular energy begins at its maximum and gradually diminishes to the point of exhaustion, whereas nervous energy rises in an inconceivably short space of time to its climax, and then drops immediately to nothing. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression Never before, in the history of the human race, was so impressive a conviction made of the almost absolute nothingness of man, when measured on the inconceivably magnificent scale of the universe. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory True, it is of a nature inconceivably tenuous; but unrepaired waste, however small in amount, cannot be persisted in with impunity. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition We may not be warranted, perhaps, to say that such a task would be impossible; but that it would be inconceivably burdensome can admit of no doubt. A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education The damage done by these shell-shot was inconceivably greater than that by the shell from the bomb-vessels, owing to the former striking horizontally, while the latter fell vertically upon the bomb-proofs, doing but little damage.... Admiral Farragut The sensations were so familiar that the recognition was inconceivably rapid. Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887 Volume 1, Number 8 Even the phenomena of that noble science are almost inconceivably different from those presented to the mind of man at his particular point of view. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Cometary trains are then, as Olbers rightly conceived them to be, emanations, not appendages—inconceivably rapid outflows of highly rarefied matter, the greater part, if not all, of which becomes permanently detached from the nucleus. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition As every number, although immeasurably and inconceivably great, is impossible unless unity is given as its basis, so every series, being itself a number, is impossible unless a first term is given as a commencement. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Their acts are acts of diabolical torture, inconceivably savage. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies Imagine deep rounded valleys emerging from these cirques and twisting snakelike among enormous and sometimes grotesque rock masses which often are inconceivably twisted and tumbled, those of each drainage-basin converging fan-like to its central valley. The Book of the National Parks God possesses no such miserable power, no such horribly distorted attribute, no such inconceivably monstrous imperfection and deformity of nature, as would enable him to embody absurdities and contradictions in actual existence. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory The serum of an animal thus actively immunized has powerful protective properties towards another animal, the amount necessary for protection being sometimes almost inconceivably small. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Clouds are within a few miles of the earth; the nebulæ are almost inconceivably remote. The Story of the Heavens The day may yet be coming when our instruments of observation shall be inconceivably more powerful. Moon Lore And high above the cloud, and rendered inconceivably higher by its presence, emerges the snowy summit of Kinchinjunga, serene and calm and flushed with the rose of the setting sun. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty This was eternal death; whereas the sufferings of Christ, inconceivably great as they were, were but temporal; and there can be no proportion between sufferings which know a period, and those which are without end. A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory First is the long extension from Kalat, southwards, of that inconceivably wild highland country which faces the desert of Sind, the foot of which forms the Indian frontier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The doctrine of tidal evolution has thus conducted us to the conclusion that, at some inconceivably remote epoch, the earth was spinning round its axis in a period approximating to three or four hours. The Story of the Heavens But the spectacle of the streets brought to him notions of a life greatly broader and more cultivated and inconceivably more luxurious than the best in Cappadocia. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Each of those inconceivably numerous and incredibly minute particles which make up the stars and the Earth and all on it�each one acted of itself. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty No man could have been more unassuming than he, and yet on just the points which were most uncertain his attitude was almost inconceivably arrogant. The Hero Mammoth boulders were strewn here; weird rocks arose in inconceivably grotesque formations; lava beds, dull and gray, circled the bald knobs of some low hills. The Trail to Yesterday I read the manuscript and the editor’s courteous but sagacious comments, and I found that the poet had undertaken a subject which was utterly and almost inconceivably alien to his genius. Old Familiar Faces In Christ! what a summary of what redemption has done, and of the inconceivably blessed life in which the child of God is permitted to dwell. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy And we find further that, inconceivably minute as they are, they act of themselves under the mutual influence of one another. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Time and Space alike seemed to vanish as their hurtling flight sent them rocketing on for distances inconceivably vast through a bleak and appalling Nothingness, where neither sight nor sound existed. Zehru of Xollar "I don't think I understand exactly what you mean," said Patsy, who was paying close attention; for Patsy liked the plan inconceivably. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts But, apart from this, how inconceivably vast must a treasure-hoard be supposed to be, the safe guarding of which would have repaid the enormous cost of the great Pyramid in labour and material! Myths and Marvels of Astronomy After this, the thawing proceeded at an inconceivably rapid rate, the whole surface of the floes being covered with large pools of water rapidly increasing in size and depth. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage The bombardment of the town continued; but the aim of the British was so inconceivably poor, that, during the three days' firing, no damage was done by their shot. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 There was a long terrible moment of hurtling through distances inconceivably vast. Zehru of Xollar His appearance, which she had never objected to before, seemed to her grotesque; but in spite of this, she could smile almost naturally at his jokes, which she thought inconceivably stupid. Virginia Spite of the seriousness of the issue, there was something inconceivably absurd in this distress. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 He loved his only Son with a most tender affection—inconceivably more tender than any earthly parent can exercise towards a beloved child. Thoughts on Missions But this inconceivably desperate plan of leaving in your ship, in broad light of day, frustrates all I would have done for you. The Light of Scarthey Relative to the height of the Attas, my six feet must seem a good half mile, and from this height I looked down and saw again the same inconceivably sticky clay of France. Edge of the Jungle It decodes the dots and dashes and obeys the command in an inconceivably short time—about a quarter of a second.” The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery And inconceivably great as was the sorrow and the shame, yet greater is the joy and the glory. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan What mind sufficient to balance extremes so inconceivably immense? Thoughts on Missions His broad shoulders were set, his rather heavy head erect, and when he did look at Estelle, it was an inconceivably sharp look as if he were trying to see through her. The Dark Tower Whenever we perceive something as wonderful, be certain that in spite of all our experiences, we misguidedly label the obvious things in nature as inconceivably miraculous.” Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) Still, with this dim moon it was inconceivably grand. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I In that fleeting moment they looked as when he had met them first: inconceivably old, wise, disillusioned. Black Oxen As a matter of fact, the ages-long application of this animal principle to human affairs has degraded the whole human morale in an inconceivably far-reaching way. Manhood of Humanity. He himself, the greatest inconceivably of every covenant blessing, had been given. The Ordinance of Covenanting The movement of the grand procession from the city of Sardis was inconceivably splendid. Xerxes Makers of History Here is a new order of things, in a new world—a world of beauty and perfection inconceivably greater than the one wherein we now live. The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus They were very dark gray eyes, Greek in the curve of the lid, and inconceivably wise, cold, disillusioned. Black Oxen Dislike of a standing army was almost inconceivably strong; and it is certain that an attempt by Pitt to maintain an army in excess of the ordinary peace establishment would have aroused a powerful opposition. William Pitt and the Great War But the law of God embodied in his covenant is exceeding broad; its blessings are inconceivably great. The Ordinance of Covenanting By war logic that would be inconceivably foolish. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship They suffered inconceivably by frequent and long fastings, by coarseness of diet, by wearing hair-cloths, and by otherwise torturing their flesh. The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus But although the erosive agency of the sea is thus so inconceivably great, it is positively small if compared with erosive agencies on land. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions By night the bull frogs, inconceivably big and tremendously vocal, bellow under the banks. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights To say so beforehand would be inconceivably presumptuous, but it is quite another thing to say so after the event. The Atonement and the Modern Mind In cities like Naples blood guilt could be atoned for at an inconceivably low rate. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Infinite and inconceivably various are those conceptions which the womb of time shall at length bring forth to light. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning In an inconceivably short time, they were at their own door. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance It was the awful mouth of a catfish, lipless and almost inconceivably wide, stretching from side to side. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Back in the ages, dusty, maculated, Across the slate-hued fogs of time, Behold them!—oblongs of sliding water And cubed banks, Bridges and barges, blatantly, wonderfully, inconceivably angular, Calling, clamouring—canal, canal, canal! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 I stood before the Barrier on the ghostly frontier; erect, arms folded, fronting the Breach in that inconceivably mighty wall. The Thing from the Lake It is that which enriches the poorest, and ennobles the basest, inconceivably beyond all the imaginary degrees of men. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The black velvet band about her white hair had slipped down and now crossed her brow transversely a little above one bushy eyebrow, giving an inconceivably rakish appearance to her face. The Dew of Their Youth Edgar smiled sadly as he replied— “Yes, I have had some experimental knowledge of the poor—being one of them myself, and my poverty too has made me inconceivably miserable.” Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters The junction agent pointed out a half-crated table standing by itself; it looked inconceivably old and was of a timber unknown to Brook Center. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The natural sun is inconceivably great, we cannot grasp its magnitude; it is inconceivably glorious, we cannot bear to gaze for one moment on its untempered light. A Ribband of Blue And Other Bible Studies Thus our inability to comprehend God is coextensive with our difficulty in going back upon the past—and our sense of him is a dim perception of our own vast and now inconceivably remote history. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin I want the fine, kindling wine-sap of spring, gold, and of inconceivably fine, quintessential brightness, rare almost as beams, yet overwhelmingly potent, strong like the greatest force of world-balancing. Look! We Have Come Through! Blown to bits; bits so inconceivably, so ineffably, so “microscopically” small that—but let us not anticipate. Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago The cruelties inflicted on the wretched prisoners taken in these wars were inconceivably horrible and disgusting. The Cannibal Islands Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas When he got home, he felt so inconceivably wretched, that, unable to work, he begged leave to go to bed at once. Eric, or Little by Little It is inconceivably grand from the top of this range to look out upon the endless succession of vast peaks rolling away on every side, like waves in the purple distance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Smooth boles ascended inconceivably toward a brightening sky, trees bizarre as the forests of the Carboniferous age. Pygmalion's Spectacles He confessed to the ladies of the party his conviction that the theory of an African origin was too inconceivably squalid. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Frankly, we must say that this is inconceivably incompatible with Señor Paternoʼs clear intelligence. The Philippine Islands Wherefore, in the inconceivably remote past, there had been put into effect a program of selective breeding and of carefully-calculated treatments. Masters of Space It is almost inconceivably thin, the thickness of one gold leaf being estimated at about 1/280000 of an inch. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries The view both up and down the river is inconceivably beautiful and grand. Rollo on the Rhine Egypt possessed, at an inconceivably early period, numberless towns and villages, and a high amount of civilization. Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy But the way underfoot was inconceivably rough and by noon Roger's shoes were cut and his feet bruised and bleeding. The Forbidden Trail They even made use of his absence, to overset all the good he had done in the country, by his missions and pious labors, which were inconceivably great. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon In an inconceivably short space of time this union of several influential cliques was followed by important results. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion The sound was at once deepened in volume by the reverberation of the vaults and arches of the cathedral, and at the same time softened in tone, so that the effect was inconceivably solemn. Rollo on the Rhine Ere long we were at the further end of this chasm so wild, so inconceivably beautiful. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. The vapors were of a violet-gray color and seemingly very dense, for, although endowed with an almost inconceivably powerful ascensive force, they retained to the zenith their rounded summits. Plotting in Pirate Seas The appearance of the wild elephant is inconceivably majestic and imposing. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 After "prospecting" the country in various directions, he had ridden back across the Andes and the pampas to Buenos Aires, having traversed six thousand miles on horseback in an inconceivably short time. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion He could see the crumpled form of a man, weak and distorted like a victim of the rack—scattered, so to speak—in a posture inconceivably out of drawing, among the fragments of the engine. The Mark Of Cain "Oh, you—you"—here she put on a melodramatic scowl—"you inconceivably provoking, misty, oblivious, incomprehensible old darling!" Agatha's Husband A Novel The other pigs, in sympathetic alarm, joined in chorus, and thus, yelling inconceivably, they plunged into a thicket and disappeared. The Hot Swamp What a grand thing is truth—simple abstract truth! and yet how little do we appreciate it in regard to the inconceivably important matter of reasoning. The Lifeboat The difference between blanketing and gossamer is great, yet it is inconceivably slight compared with the difference between gossamer and nothing! The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue If they could have seen the inconceivably idiotic expressions of their countenances when they tried it, they would never have made a second effort! Life in the Red Brigade London Fire Brigade The book, a huge quarto, was procured through the smugglers, and in an inconceivably short space of time most admirably translated into French for my especial use. The Pioneers Is it therefore no more than a shred or shard or husk or remnant of inconceivably soulless matter? The Complex Vision But as death was a contingency inconceivably remote from himself, at least in his own opinion, he did not think it necessary to make his will at that time. The Lifeboat He lives on more exalted heights and yet sinks to inconceivably greater depths. Spirit and Music And just then we arrived at the New Church, which looked inconceivably old, and inside was like a vast prison. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon But, we are told, "the choice lies, not between personality and something lower, but between personality and something inconceivably higher." Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive Whatever wisdom and power may have been employed against them, wisdom and power inconceivably greater are wielded on their side. The Parables of Our Lord The varying and shriller notes heard through the steady roar of the great guns now grew more numerous and louder; and most persistent among them was a nasty buzz, inconceivably wicked in its cry. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond "It's a thing which I imagine may have happened to one or two other young men of this neighborhood—not inconceivably yourself included." The Four Pools Mystery He knew that if he was so inconceivably craven as to remain silent, his self-respect would never recover from the blow. Clayhanger Once relieved, its form of government is saved to the world, its beloved history and cherished memories are vindicated, its happy future assured and rendered inconceivably grand. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 He imposed the audio system upon the inconceivably high frequency of their carrier wave and spoke in the Osnomian tongue. Skylark Three It has been the wont of Darwinians to base their speculations on the assumption that "an inconceivably long time" could effect almost anything in the matter of specific transformations. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers It shows that the public treasures have not been so inconceivably squandered, as the parliaments of Grenoble, Thoulouse, etc., had affirmed. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) It must be inconceivably large, to exert such an enormous attractive force at this distance. The Skylark of Space The close was inconceivably sweet; and when the last notes died away, the people bowed their heads in tearful peace, and all evil left their hearts, and to many of them it never returned. Ting-a-ling No more stars were visible: they saw empty space stretching for inconceivably vast distances before them. Skylark Three After travelling for many weeks, at a great rate, for the Savages are inconceivably swift walkers, and can endure great fatigues, they arrived at the principal town of the Five Nations. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 In order that each living creature may be thus furnished, the number of such gemmules in each must be inconceivably great. On the Genesis of Species The result is an inconceivably shallow state of public opinion on the subject. Memories and Studies Some say that the ostrich is inconceivably stupid, but others will not accept such a severe condemnation. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The chances of that happening are inconceivably small. The Black Star Passes No eye could follow the inconceivably swift contortions that wrapped the Major in a triple fold. Terry A Tale of the Hill People In a highly organized and complex animal, the gemmules thrown off from each different cell or unit throughout the body must be inconceivably numerous and minute. On the Genesis of Species He has become simply a small part of a great whole, a whole so inconceivably more important than any of its parts that all of them are completely subordinated. A Journey Through France in War Time It is inconceivably greater in dimensions than the whole solar system. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The great manufacturers and mechanics of the place were inconceivably delighted with this idea, because they had never heard of anything in iron before that could not be made at Birmingham. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings In the light of the ship's windows, they could see the faint mistiness of the inconceivably hard, artificial matter, and beyond the slick, polished surface of the rock it was pushing aside. Invaders from the Infinite A crowded town, huddled on an island far too small for its inconceivably uncivilized population, its inhabitants can never know the value of leisure or freedom from noise. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques The sun's rays easily penetrated the waves, and made a kaleidoscope of colors inconceivably beautiful. The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean He looked inconceivably grimy and forlorn, and Bob Robins felt sorry for the little creature till he recollected on a sudden the man's reason for letting off his cannons. The Honour of the Flag If our lungs find in the atmosphere the aliment they need, it is thanks to the inconceivably incoherent forests of arborescent fern. The Buried Temple The gravity seemed normal here as they walked about, no accelerations affected them as the ship darted forward, for all its inconceivably great mass, like an arrow, then flashed forward under time control. Invaders from the Infinite And so it went from house to house, especially among the settled married folk, who regarded Milly as inconceivably foolish and silly. One Woman's Life Though he is a dweller upon earth, he penetrates the mysteries of starry worlds inconceivably distant. The Promulgation of Universal Peace The forces mysteriously released, designed to direct the operation and stimulate the processes to insure the consummation of the second stage of the Divine Plan, are inconceivably potent. Messages to America According to the Bahá’í view, the problems of human life, individual and social, are so inconceivably complex that the ordinary human intellect is incapable of itself of solving them aright. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era There were nearly three thousand ships attacking him with a barrage of energy that was inconceivably great, but the cosmium walls merely turned it aside. Invaders from the Infinite But such an existence, inconceivably great as it would be to us, would be scarcely nearer that transcendental God in whom the serious men of the future will, as a class, believe. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought It can cross the abysses of interstellar space and discover the motion of inconceivably distant suns. The Promulgation of Universal Peace During the fourth period, Ahriman is to be victorious, and a state of things inconceivably dreadful is to prevail. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The ill consequences of these reveries is inconceivably great, seeing the loss of imaginary possessions makes impressions of real woe. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 By the time you get down half a mile, the rock is under such an inconceivably great pressure that it will flow like mud. Invaders from the Infinite Morrison had grown, inconceivably, in those elapsed years. Then I'll Come Back to You I did not know what a changed life awaited me, and I looked forward to my opening vistas of a bright future with longings inconceivably sweet. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 A conclusion drawn from the facts of the present scene of things, of course, will not apply to a scene inconceivably different. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The grammars were written in a barbarous Latin of inconceivably difficult style. The Age of the Reformation And where it touched the Thought, there was a terrific explosion, and inconceivably violent energy lashed out as the cosmium instantaneously liberated its energy. Invaders from the Infinite It is true that the blue which he sees is due to light which left the coat some inconceivably small fraction of a second before. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 It was steady but inconceivably strong while it lasted; the force and pressure of the wind did not vary until just the end. Lore of Proserpine But if there be any thing sure in science at all, it is that the material creation is inconceivably vast, including innumerable systems, and all governed by invariable laws. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life From a conventional point of view the maids were inconceivably casual. Gilbert Keith Chesterton So might he suck the power from the inconceivably greater generators of the Suns. Invaders from the Infinite In the progress of science and of the mechanical invention attending its growth, a great number of inventions have been contrived which vastly increase our vision and add inconceivably to the precision it may attain. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Molecules inconceivably small rush about in molecular space inconceivably small. The Breath of Life It does not even empirically prove that we may not survive in some other mode of being, passing perhaps to an inconceivably higher stage and more blessed kind of life. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life It was inconceivably weird, and yet it made the artists who embraced it rich as hell. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town They were expressed numerically, in First Level notation; extremely short groups of symbols capable of exact expression of almost inconceivably enormous numbers. Time Crime Although the greater part of these small basins have been obliterated since the ice left this country, the number still remaining of sufficient size to be marked on a good map is inconceivably great. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Odors are material emanations, and represent a division of matter into inconceivably small particles. The Breath of Life History is said to repeat itself, as if indeed the world were a vast pendulum, swinging between events now inconceivably remote, and again menacing and near. An Alabaster Box And although his satire is often almost inconceivably coarse, the prompting instinct is healthy at bottom. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country To tell you something which, to any girl in the world who was not inconceivably blind or inconceivably vain, would have been the best news she ever heard in her life. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 A Novel They even suggested the great truth that matter of all kinds is made up of inconceivably small indivisible bits which they and we term atoms. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography The keeping up of the roads is inconceivably bad. Spanish Life in Town and Country It blazed up in an inconceivably short time. Round About the Carpathians The motive, of course, would have been to stop a lawsuit that would have put Rivers out of business and, not inconceivably, in jail. Murder in the Gunroom Society however deals with the affections cautiously, and wisely, because her experience is inconceivably great. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future It began with an inconceivably fine tone, which gradually swelled both in volume and power, till it made the ears vibrate and the heart thrill. Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag The ordinary trains are inconceivably crowded, far more so, though that seems impossible, than London trains at the busiest hour. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism There is a diligence service twice daily, occupying fourteen hours or thereabouts, dependent, of course, on the state of the roads, which can be very bad—inconceivably bad. Round About the Carpathians On the contrary, the hypothesis that it belongs to so late an age as that of the Maccabees is beset with difficulties inconceivably greater. Companion to the Bible But how inconceivably brief it seemed to him when he recalled all he had experienced in that period, both in his waking and sleeping hours. Atlantis A good name is, therefore, of inconceivably more value than riches and rather to be chosen than silver and gold. Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation In fact, the exertions of Lord Nelson, during the whole of this arduous and perplexing service, were inconceivably great. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2 Without this the progress of the individual is inconceivably slow, and with him, for the most part, progress terminates. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic I am about to die, and shall soon be inconceivably happy in heaven. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons This time that alluring seductive dance had seemed inconceivably empty. Atlantis But inconceivably quick as was the action, the puma dodged the missile, which entered the earth just behind him, and driven with such tremendous force was buried half its length in the ground. The Land of Mystery It shows that the public treasures have not been so inconceivably squandered, as the parliaments of Grenoble, Toulouse, &c. had affirmed. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Some of the comments on the new and daring critic were inconceivably absurd. Matthew Arnold It was a British plane, and taking inconceivably risky chances. Private Peat We see the transmuting atom flashing out this light for an inconceivably short instant as it throws off the ß-ray. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays On the other side of the matter, the Dutch—who were inconceivably ignorant—thought their little domain the pivot of the world. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Erasmus spoke of the floor of his house as inconceivably filthy. A Short History of English Agriculture As servants the Chinese are inconceivably quick, deft, and clean. The Killer I am in a great hurry, dear, and have written you an inordinately stupid letter; never mind, the next shall be inconceivably amusing. Records of a Girlhood An Ogress is an inconceivably hideous creature, yet, like all females, she is inordinately vain, and is extremely susceptible to any insinuations against her personal appearance! The Pot of Gold And Other Stories But it was inconceivably brighter than either, and was furthermore strangely relieved by the pitchy blackness both of sky and Moon. All Around the Moon There was something inconceivably ludicrous in the notions of the English, of a bishop hardly of age, and the gravity of whose character was probably tarnished by French gesture and vivacity. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Here also we have an amazing complexity of almost inconceivably delicate blue lines, and here also our imagination must be called upon to insert the golden globe from Fig. Thought-Forms Yesterday I read the poor, inconceivably inadequate notice in the People's Journal. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 The atom is a sun in miniature in its own universe of the inconceivably minute. Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements Once we were impertinent enough to hide ourselves for a while just round the corner of the warehouse, but we were afraid or ashamed to try it again, though the conversation was inconceivably edifying. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches This enthusiasm inconceivably fills the mind of genius in all great and solemn operations. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions For here the ultimate particles of matter, inconceivably small as they are, show themselves possessed of attractive and repellent poles, by the mutual action of which the shape and structure of the crystal are determined. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky There would be no more of that wretched fooling until fall, a point of time inconceivably far away. The Seeker "Your letting them go for a fair price might not inconceivably react to your advantage," suggested the luminous Tully. Bunker Bean He admitted that life was inconceivably precious, and the instinct to preserve it the greatest of all instincts. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes The Universe is extraordinary, no doubt, but so much of it as acts upon us is perfectly conceivable, whereas, any thing within, without, or apart from the Universe, is perfectly inconceivably. Superstition Unveiled And as he turned that little face up to his,—inconceivably—incomprehensively—to his utter consternation and rout—he saw that it was a stranger's little face that he held. Little Eve Edgarton Each inconceivably minute particle revolves round the centre of the atom in its own orbit. The Law and the Word For the rooms in Grand Street had become inconceivably gloomy. Trumps It is, no doubt, an inconceivably pleasurable source of enjoyment. Catharine In cities like Naples bloodguilt could be atoned at an inconceivably low rate. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Blown to bits; bits so inconceivably, so ineffably, so "microscopically" small that—but let us not anticipate. Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata These misdirected outbursts of feverish antipathy to poor Troubridge were frequent, and always inconceivably comical as well as distressingly peevish. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon She would come back to him with fresh demands, perhaps at an inconceivably awkward time, in a calculated hysteria—he had cause to know—surprisingly loud and convincing. The Three Black Pennys A Novel And the fact that a very prominent item in the perspective is a fiery representation of a frothing glass of beer inconceivably large—well, this fact too has its importance. Your United States Impressions of a first visit Out we went, and, in an inconceivably short space, Bob emerged. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 28, 1841 Panting and wild-eyed, Jenks was at the girl's side in an inconceivably short space of time. The Wings of the Morning If his statements are correctly reported by the press, they are inconceivably wild. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 His eyes always were fixed upon the whip, and in his eyes was a terror that made me sick—the frantic terror of an inconceivably maltreated child. The Road From the parlor the jarring sound of the music reached them, inconceivably out of harmony with the seriousness of their mood. The Just and the Unjust What a wreck, what an inconceivably stupid wreck she had made of her happiness! Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage He let his weakest qualities go in with his strongest in his novels, and had also the still more unfortunate tendency to "trail coats" of the most inconceivably different colours for others to tread upon. The English Novel These and similar thoughts crowded into my brain in an inconceivably short period. Five Years of Theosophy After this the thawing proceeded at an inconceivably rapid rate, the whole surface of the floes being covered with large pools of water rapidly increasing in size and depth. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 What of that perfection in their souls these artists were conscious of, inconceivably exceeding all they did? The Poetry Of Robert Browning Her limbs had grown on an instant inconceivably heavy so that she could not move. The Magician A lifetime settled; now preparing to be away on a journey inconceivably tremendous, unimaginably awful. If Winter Comes Thus, as she followed Cliffe to his last blood-stained rest, did her mind sink in dreams of Ashe—and in the dismal reckoning up of all that she had so lightly and inconceivably lost. The Marriage of William Ashe It will require no tying, as it will become, when dry, inconceivably tight and strong, and impervious to the air. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Of course these fibers are inconceivably fine—indeed for this very reason it was desirable, if possible, to measure it, to discover its actual thickness. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 I felt inconceivably mean and remorseful, my vanity having received a dreadful shock from the discovery that, far from being a god, I was to be a kind of burnt-offering. In the Wrong Paradise A silence that seemed an inconceivably long one to the almost overwrought girl was broken by the clerk asking would she register? Nedra The twilight leans upon the opposite ridge, painting its undulations in inconceivably delicate shades of subdued color. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 A century ago, when appreciation of the architecture of the dead centuries when Englishmen built with superlative skill had ebbed to its lowest, the Abbey had sunk to inconceivably debased uses. Beautiful Britain: Canterbury But in the provinces the needle-woman, the weaver, and the house servant work still for inconceivably small prices, while there has been a decided rise in the price of local manufactures. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines He says the worship of Siva is merely the worship of the reproductive principle, as it runs through all creation, and that the details of this worship are inconceivably disgusting. The Gloved Hand In an inconceivably short space of time the passages and saloons were crowded with rushing passengers. Nedra The same unbounded power, never at fault and never in calculation, which comprehends all the landscape, and which has made the woods, has worked in each one separate leaf as well; they are inconceivably varied. Hills and the Sea He heard, somewhere, the continuous throbbing of a great drum, with desultory bursts of far music, inconceivably sweet, like the tones of an æolian harp. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Two days ago, when the first shower broke after an inconceivably sultry morning, the bearers were passing with a couple of cholera patients on stretchers. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Against the sky it looked very rugged, very old, very formidable; and the sky, behind its yellowed age, was inconceivably blue. The Rules of the Game Moreover, his difficulties were inconceivably complicated by the exchanges. Medieval People Somebody told him a certain person is inconceivably rich; were he made aware of your want, he would somehow manage to accommodate it. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 What is true of 'Hudibras' is true also, though in an inconceivably smaller degree, of those great works of imagination which deal with the elemental facts of human character and human passion. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 The men came crowding, tearing in at a great pace, and soon we could see the dancing-party dashing along in all their feathers and war-paint, an inconceivably wild, savage cavalcade. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 Bob was suddenly called to a decision which had up to that moment seemed inconceivably remote. The Rules of the Game He shuffled out of the room, and to Sir Charles it seemed again an inconceivably long time before he returned. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories The objection is that we cannot obtain the inconceivably long time required for the process of uncontrolled and unaided evolution. Creation and Its Records I tell you, comrades, this thing is close upon us, not as a theory, now, but as a terrible, an inconceivably ghastly reality! The Air Trust When he sang he seemed to be inspired by the fact, to him patent, that he was conferring on mankind a boon inconceivably precious. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) Compared to its infinitudes these mountains lay spread like a fair and wrinkled footrug to a horizon inconceivably remote and mysterious. The Rules of the Game Her black hair was elaborately done for the day, but she wore a roomy peignoir instead of a frock; it was Chinese, in the Imperial yellow, inconceivably embroidered with flora, fauna, and grotesques. Mr. Prohack It was not so with these good souls, inhabitants of a pleasant place, and anticipating an eternal abode in an inconceivably delightful paradise. Famous Americans of Recent Times Leoguadda is almost surrounded by rugged hills, formed by loose blocks of granite; these added to a number of tall trees, always green and growing within the walls, render the town inconceivably pleasant and romantic. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa In one minute, in less than one minute, they were at the side entrance to the Café Royal, which less than a minute earlier had been inconceivably distant and unattainable. The Roll-Call In this way we have been provided with two types simple and well defined, which represent the abnormally good on the one hand and the inconceivably bad on the other. George Washington, Volume II A thin, gray shade, as of inconceivably fine ashes, settled upon her face, and her nostrils quivered. The Purple Heights Chatham, Burke, Fox, Sheridan, and Pitt were inconceivably imposing names at that day; but was not Patrick Henry the foremost man in Virginia, only because he could speak and entertain an audience? Famous Americans of Recent Times Divine service, it being Sunday, was performed in the course of the day, and this was a duty, which to persons in their situation, was found inconceivably pleasant. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa Failing again, she turned her back upon him and left him severely alone, with the result that, in an inconceivably short time, Allyn generally came to terms and exerted himself to be agreeable once more. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book High-tempered she unquestionably read him, arrogant and on occasion not inconceivably remorseless; but neither mean nor ungenerous, his energy unwasted, his mind untainted by self-indulgence. Deadham Hard We are dealing with animals who have scientifically and philosophically removed themselves inconceivably outside civilization. France at War On the Frontier of Civilization The young men of the present day are inconceivably thoughtless in this respect, and often seem to think the mischief which they do scarcely worth an apology. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette With an almost savage vehemence of gesticulation she suddenly tore up her scanty clothing, and exhibited a spectacle with which I was inconceivably shocked and sickened. Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 Ben, catching the expression of her face, looked inconceivably sheepish. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 For here the atmosphere was, at once, grave and tender, beautifully honest in its innocence of the things of the flesh.—The woman had been inconceivably foolish, from every point of view. Deadham Hard My suggestion is that the trivial, rejected, or unheeded phenomena vouched for by the evidence here defended may, not inconceivably, be of considerable importance. The Making of Religion How she explained and what she promised she never quite knew, but, in an inconceivably short space of time they were speeding back together, the man preceding her with long, swinging strides. North, South and over the Sea Their whole background was too inconceivably remote for the mind to work on. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) When he got home he felt so inconceivably wretched that, unable to work, he begged leave to go to bed at once. Eric "Oh! you inconceivably foolish woman," he said and turned away. Deadham Hard Now nobody has any doubt on these matters, and clairvoyance, thought-transference, and telepathy may, not inconceivably, be as fortunate in the long run as meteorites, or as the more usual phenomena of hypnotism. The Making of Religion I stood behind him and studied his play, which was inconceivably bad. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters With a motion inconceivably swift he was on his feet, his left hand over the pack. The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On How long they held possession no one can tell, although Irish philologists believe several local Irish names to date from this almost inconceivably remote epoch. The Story of Ireland The long night which followed was inconceivably a thing of horror. The Blood Red Dawn Caddles was her ideal lower-class person, dishonest, faithful, abject, industrious, and inconceivably incapable of responsibility. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth Our penal code was inconceivably sanguinary and savage. Collections and Recollections Voltaire and Lord Byron have written some of their best works in an inconceivably short time. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 550, June 2, 1832 The changes of conditions are inconceivably rapid, perfectly bewildering. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I |
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