| 单词 | inconsequence |
| 例句 | Harriet Monroe, who knew him and his wife, wrote, “His genius was betrayed by lofty and indomitable traits of character which could not yield or compromise. And so his life was a tragedy of inconsequence.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Inured by the confirmation of his own inconsequence, he became resilient and truly indifferent. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In a sense, “I Am Radar” is an avant-garde novel dramatizing the inconsequence of avant-garde art. ‘I Am Radar,’ by Reif Larsen 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Sometimes they are mean girls, or they are so addled by crushes and lip gloss that they’re all punch lines and inconsequence. A Coming-of-Age as American as Apple Pie 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Even a formidable diva wasn’t able to enliven this 80-minute piece’s dreary, muddled inconsequence. Review: Frederica von Stade, Wickedness in a One-Act Opera 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z “If, my fellow trouser-wearers, you should marry Miss Girl of Tomorrow,” Marston told readers of True, “Accept your Girl of Tomorrow’s frivolity, her inconsequence, and her refusal to freeze ebullient femininity into Victorian repression.” Why Marvel’s Female Superheroes Look Like Porn Stars 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z A false move, because it shifts visceral tragedy into fey inconsequence. Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 – review 2012-07-21T23:05:39Z “I never felt animus from them, just an assumption of my inconsequence and, sometimes when they focused on me, their inability — a good-natured inability, it must be said — to say very much about my work.” Seeing the Art World Through Personal and Political Lenses 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z He looks through pedestrian inconsequence to the everyday sublime. Winning Words: Inspiring Poems for Everyday life chosen by William Sieghart – review 2012-06-09T23:05:36Z The pleasant negative inconsequence of Campion makes a dramatic contrast with the undercurrent of suspicion and fear that grows to a climax – particularly in Flowers for the Judge. Agatha Christie: why I got fed up with Poirot 2012-09-28T21:55:06Z Some ironic combination of self-importance and inconsequence, perhaps. In Boulder, Where Inner Peace Meets Outer Beauty 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Further proof of the committee’s short-term political inconsequence: Most of the Republican candidates for Congress and key statewide offices still deny or question the legitimacy of Biden’s election. Column: The Jan. 6 committee did the country proud but it hasn't changed our calcified politics 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z “Pleasure and inconsequence on one hand, immeasurable deeds on the other,” he wrote. Here We Go Again: A Few Thoughts on the Cavaliers-Warriors N.B.A. Finals 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Graphic design itself seems to reinforce and police a divide between masculine significance and feminine inconsequence. ‘Big books by blokes about battles’: Why is history still written mainly by men? 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z It is not a topic of inconsequence to either side. They Have Met the Enemy in New England, and His Name Is Eli 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z The order could not be ignored, despite its apparent inconsequence. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Not that I care," he added with unusual inconsequence, "if it did. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Ormsgill was far from sure that this was what he desired, but he knew his man, and that, for all his apparent inconsequence, he was one who when the pinch came could be relied upon. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z The inconsequences of dreamland ran through it all. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z "Amos," said Dennis with apparent inconsequence, "if you were a Spanish officer——" "God forbid, sir!" interrupted the seaman, fervently. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z I could see then how pretty she had been in a large-eyed, short-lipped way, and how charming in her youth had been the inconsequence which as the mistress of a family made her a sloven. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z What apparent inconsequence had led her to drive past that lonely house in the lane, and how strange had been the outcome of that inconsequent drive. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z Thou hast imprinted on our being, O God, such singular phantasma of inconsequence, and hast made to rise such strange phenomena. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z I asked its price at once, in order to dispose of what couldn't help being painful in the extreme, and he told me with an admirable appearance of ease and inconsequence. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z "The news was everybody's property, lad, and—don't ask questions," he replied with dry inconsequence. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z But she kept her frenzy hidden in her breast and said, with all the inconsequence she could assume: "To-morrow they'll be playing the first international polo game." What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z With surprising inconsequence he asked for one more week of grace. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z We wrap this week’s remarkable run of ho-hum matchups with a game of staggering inconsequence. The Fifth Down: Week 7 Matchups: When the Middling Face the Mediocre 2011-10-21T10:00:52Z Then he said with a touch of that inconsequence of which he had already given a glimpse: “What the deuce in that case possessed you to turn doctor?” Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z "Why have you never told me that?" she cried with feminine inconsequence. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z No one would have disbelieved him then—not that fickle, motley crowd surely, who with its own characteristic inconsequence had suddenly taken the accused to its heart. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z He waved his cigar, signifying the utter inconsequence of whether Mr. Berger met the ante or not. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Within another twenty minutes he was in his car, threading his way through the London traffic with the reckless inconsequence only to be found in an ex-naval chauffeur urged by an equally reckless employer. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Jackson exclaimed with the inconsequence of filial affection. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The Colonel stared blankly over the apparent inconsequence of this remark, then, as the fiendish import of it dawned upon him, he lost his temper, and nearly his head. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Two days before he had thought this girl from the east was a rattle-brained piece of inconsequence with her selection of a foreman by the drawing of straws. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z As he approached that enormous pile of stone he felt his inconsequence and quizzically wondered if anybody had ever laughed inside its solemn halls. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z He thinks of these things, and then shrugs his shoulder with characteristic inconsequence. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z She didn’t explain her inconsequence; she only remarked that American fortunes were notoriously insecure; one heard of nothing else; they melted away like smoke. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z She laughed, branching off with the light-hearted inconsequence of her type. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z He forgot his mental stress, he relegated his duty as sentinel to inconsequence, for she was in great danger and needed help! The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z He had frequently been made its victim; inconsequence of this his temper had become suspicious, and he was apt to impute deceit on occasions when others, of no inconsiderable sagacity, were abundantly disposed to confidence. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z Nevertheless the court, by a majority of five to two, found him guilty, and with illogical inconsequence added that there were in his treason extenuating circumstances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z With summer, inconsequence and irresponsibility steal happily over the town. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z “I’m sure I don’t want to last, even if I do,” she added with Irish inconsequence. The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 2011-04-14T02:00:48.987Z She wished to return, but she was ashamed of displaying such inconsequence before the servants, and just then the carriage drove through the iron gate into the Traunberg park. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z I laughed at the queer inconsequence of all this, and thought it fit for Sinbad the Sailor or other of the supplementary Nights. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z "No, no," she says; "all is different now, you know, and you should never have come here again at all; but"—with charming inconsequence—"why did you go away last evening without bidding me good-night?" Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z The conclusion would seem to be that the atmosphere of the island so contaminated the Anglo-Norman settlers that they exchanged reason for fantastic inconsequence, and replaced self-interest by an insanity of “patriotism.” The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z This by no means timid old lady had begun to be wholly controlled by the influence of her niece; she now remained passive and overwhelmed by a feeling of her entire inconsequence. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z It was plain that this learned wight was possessed of a mind of the most singular simplicity and inconsequence. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Surely her fanciful inconsequence, her pretty conceits, her irresponsible ways, would never wed with his seriousness and restraint, his peculiar gravity? Capricious Caroline Meanwhile, by an amazing inconsequence, the imposition of these pseudo-democratic conditions became the ambition of precisely the most restive and acute critics of the political system upon which those conditions repose. The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin I am sorry about this," replied Olsen, with seeming inconsequence, "but what must be will be. Beggars on Horseback "Confound her for her folly!" he thought, and then, "Bless her for her inconsequence!" The Gay Adventure A Romance He was positively in a nightmare, and a prey to the inconsequence of dreams. Sinister Street, vol. 2 When the long corridor was reached, with babyish inconsequence, Caroline's small burden elected to go to his strong arms, and he carried her right into the nursery. Capricious Caroline His ears were alert for the sounds that might, in their drifting inconsequence, mean everything. The Key to Yesterday Know you not that human imbecility in those identical comments reaches its absolutely 'lowest deep' of abject folly and crazy inconsequence. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93, September 10, 1887 It was an abrupt change of subject, but there seemed no inconsequence as the words dropped idly from his lips. The Gay Adventure A Romance A cigarette represented to Huntington the casual inconsequence of youth, a cigar the aristocracy of smoking, a pipe that comfortable companionship which encourages relaxation and introspective thought. The Bachelors A Novel Fleda, in the inconsequence of distress, wished to have nothing to do with her fall; she had had too much to do with everything. The Spoils of Poynton She felt herself trembling; then, taking refuge in childlike inconsequence, she peered over the edge of the cliff. The Key to Yesterday With a strange inconsequence, she seized the letter from the Doctor's hands, and read it through to the end. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 Despite the apparent oddity and inconsequence of the incident, we shall see that behind it there was a grim and dread purpose well befitting the occasion. The Irish at the Front She spoke in a tone of light inconsequence, yet I seized upon the words as the drowning man clutches at straws. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Something in her manner prompted her companion, with a certain inconsequence, to speak again. The Spoils of Poynton He understood her question, despite its apparent inconsequence, and his heart quickened its beating: “Give me everything.” Bye-Ways She gave me a hint of drops and inconsequences that might indeed have opened up abysses, and all the while she smiled and smiled. The Sacred Fount “Who?” asked Nidia, with a ripple of mirth over the inconsequence of the remark—which certainly was funny. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising This is one of the ironical inconsequences to which war condemns us, and for which it alone is responsible. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 She is going to be asked,” maintained Grizel, with that characteristic inconsequence which she had the power to turn into the most charming of attributes. Lady Cassandra It was completely without a purpose that I did so, and if my reader has not experienced moments of the like "inconsequence," I should totally break down in attempting to account for their meaning. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance To familiarize himself with the fickleness, the caprices, and the inconsequence of the multitude was impossible. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty Among the others, a Cornishman of odd automatic gait, whose small head balanced a squarish black hat, moved about with an inconsequence suggestive of some clever comedian. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday After that, with youthful inconsequence, they hustled home to obtain parental sanction. Under Boy Scout Colors Reggie had waited to hear more but, with amusing inconsequence, Archy had changed the subject, relapsed indeed into a tantalizing dalliance with a lady friend. Command The doctor was so small and frail that his narrow face was rescued from inconsequence only by a trimly cropped Van-Dyck with a dignified sprinkling of gray. The Portal of Dreams The human happenings falling within her ken became good stories in their passage through a mind quick in its perception of inconsequence, faulty logic, pretense, all that constitutes the funny side of things. Aurora the Magnificent He knew that he had saved himself from the drop into eternal inconsequence by the shading of a second, for there was death in dusty Alan Macdonald’s face. The Rustler of Wind River With what a quaint inconsequence her truer self appeared at the Revolution! The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 In fact, so deliciously are logical inconsequence and accidental humor mingled throughout his fifteen columns of discursive criticism that a suspicion arises as to the writer's nationality. A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer All his protuberant characteristics are there: the leviathanic egotism, the profound and tenebrous ponderosity, the labored intricacy of the commonplace, the pedagogic moralizing, the oracular inconsequence. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 She had got up, with inconsequence, as if to break the charm, though he wasn't aware of what he had done at the moment to make the charm a danger. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II "I suppose it's polite," she said, extending a hand which, with all the delightful inconsequence of a man infatuated with love, he had frequently craved to hold forever. Mixed Faces It was a matter of such fundamental inconsequence as the amount of his salary. The Wall Street Girl Not a twig stirred; the tall spires were black, and motionless, and solemn, and he felt that their stateliness emphasized his own feebleness and inconsequence. The Greater Power But she met it after an instant with some inconsequence. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 They made the show indeed in every way but the way of a large use—an inconsequence that they almost equally gave time to helping each other to regard as natural. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II God never jests with us, and will not compromise the end of nature, by permitting any inconsequence in its procession. Nature To be on foot in such gloom, in the heart of such a wilderness, was sufficiently awe-inspiring, but to be helpless on a hard bed was to feel the utter inconsequence of humankind. They of the High Trails She led the way upstairs, talking all the time with cheerful inconsequence. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius But ah, the inquiry had only to be made to bring the rare colour with fine inconsequence, to her face. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 So that as he had sufficiently caught her sense—into which he read, all the same, a strange inconsequence—they had practically wrapped their understanding in the breach of their correspondence. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II The Broom Squire is strangely unsatisfactory as a novel, or I find it so, with its entire needlessness and inconsequence of plot. Highways and Byways in Surrey Diana maintained her rôle of gay inconsequence because it pleased her best. The Rhodesian Despite all that we say about the inconsequence of dreams, we often reason by them. The World I Live In The pleasure given by the verse, perhaps, if one may handle so delicate and trifling a thing, lies in a sort of inconsequence and unexpectedness. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work If he comes to lecture on Cobbett and talks for three-quarters of an hour on how his hat blew off, it is not a pose, it is the natural inconsequence of Chesterton on the platform. Gilbert Keith Chesterton We went into a central room, put coats round them, answering eager and innocent questions with inconsequence, had the cellar door and a light ready, and then went out to inspect affairs. Waiting for Daylight She felt on the verge of being a little unnerved, and a feigned or real inconsequence was ever her refuge. The Rhodesian It may assume all degrees of divergence from geometric precision, all degrees of variety, ranging from the visual perfectness of the Parthenon to the sublime and triumphant inconsequence of the sky-line of New York city. The Gate of Appreciation Studies in the Relation of Art to Life This genial idiocy, this unexpectedness and inconsequence, are perhaps the most characteristic qualities of his freest humour elsewhere. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work He still lived; he was sure of it, but his life was abnormal, strange, a long life of shadow and inconsequence with short intervals of light. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan Not only the compulsion, but the bewildering inconsequence of war was suggested by its activities. Waiting for Daylight Everything about the girl piques interest; her beauty, her charm, her childlike gayety and inconsequence, which are but the upper current of a deeper sea of sincerity and common sense. Ladies-In-Waiting She threw aside her hat and wraps with that manner of inconsequence which distinguishes 34 the artistic temperament from the thrifty one, and passed on into the cozy dining-room. The Place of Honeymoons With true masculine inconsequence, so soon as he was displeased with himself he visited his displeasure upon the object that attracted him, and on the earliest possible occasion, on their very next meeting. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 Esperance had been compelled to reason calmly on all subjects, and the inconsequence of youth had been frowned upon by his father. The Son of Monte-Cristo With that inconsequence to handle I doubt whether I proclaimed that it bored me—any more than I have ever noted till now that it made me begin badly with Christian art. A Small Boy and Others In fact Malthus, as a thoroughly respectable and decent clergyman, manages by talking about the 'moral restraint' rather to evade than to answer some awkward problems of conduct; but at the cost of some inconsequence. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill He felt reaffirmed and grounded in the inconsequence of vain, lofty pursuits and his retirement finally felt good. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais The great rush of modern life is apt to produce an inconsequence of action. Three Things Then he completely lost his head, and began riding with desperate inconsequence as straight ahead as the trees would allow. Queensland Cousins The wild territories are filled with stubborn facts, bewildering realities, and extraordinary inconsequences. Bones Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country His sentences are never too much dilated or contracted; and it will not be easy to find any embarrassment in the complication of his clauses, any inconsequence in his connexions, or abruptness in his transitions. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II He, who was nonetheless human in his godhood, remained intrepid in trudging into this rather unbearable and disconcerting sense of the inconsequence of being. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais Her eyes, the homes of laughter and quick inconsequences, were wide with dread. The Northern Iron The past was bad enough, but the present and future were worse, because they were less comprehensible, and because, as she grew older, surprises and inconsequences troubled her more than the worst certainties. Autres Temps... 1916 All the weakness and failings they attribute to women come out in them—fear, timidity, inconsequence, greed, malice, gossip! Special Messenger Yet, with the strange inconsequence of Orientals, it was evidently a sacred spot. There was a King in Egypt Nawin breathed out, smiled and stretched as much as he could without touching the Laotian, content and relaxed in the inconsequence of existence. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais The play itself shows the same typical inconsequence, the same freedom from the pedantry of logic. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 Suddenly Helen spoke once again, and with apparent inconsequence. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The glow of porcelain Brought no reforming sense To his perception Of the social inconsequence. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley When it was all over I came here, glad to shake off the chalk dust and the pompous inconsequence of my official superior. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story It is not more strange than any other ludicrous inconsequence which men are guilty of. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 And he wore an air of gay inconsequence. Mistress Anne And this feeling harassed him, increasing the natural discursiveness and inconsequence of his speech. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance All these things blended with happy inconsequence to render Brett contented in mind and affable in manner. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective The Marquis of Lansdowne, usually so logical, on this occasion answered inconsequence by inconsequence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 The girl had risen, and she continued with an odd inconsequence. Chivalry A careless, spasmodic hurrying and retarding leads only to flabbiness and inconsequence. Essentials in Conducting She showed for the passing instant the face of some splendid tragic mask, and I remembered for the inconsequence of it what Mrs. Meldrum had said about her sight. Embarrassments Yet she felt the utter inconsequence and injustice of her attitude. The Daughters of Danaus And with this, her inconsequence, her capriciousness, her absence of motive, the way she contradicted herself, her apparent belief that she could hush up such a situation forever! Georgina's Reasons But he winked at me with daring inconsequence. Vesty of the Basins "Maybe," he harked back vaguely, "it's just caprice—the inconsequence of a child's mind—the mystery of it, some would say." Brother Copas Miller is a questioner and ponders long upon every point of consequence or inconsequence. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets In the environment of the House of Commons, among really clever men, he would sink to the natural inconsequence from which a series of fortunate accidents had lifted him. Lloyd George The Man and His Story Whatever landsmen may think about shanty words—with their cheerful inconsequence, or light-hearted coarseness—there can be no two opinions about the tunes, which, as folk-music, are a national asset. The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties The inconsequence of this statement convinced Colwyn that he was seeking time to frame an evasive answer. The Hand in the Dark It came out with a quick inconsequence that made Clara—even in her impatience—ever so faintly smile. The Coast of Chance The abandon and inconsequence were so oddly mingled with the strange determined strength that the elderly woman was confused and irrational. A Son of the Hills We go out into the night again, wondering if perdition can equal De Aar for miserable discomfort, and De Aar officialdom for inconsequence. On the Heels of De Wet Chopin was a resume of these inconsequences which God alone can allow Himself to create, and which have their particular logic. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians It seems quite clear, from the inconsequence of his movements, that he is endeavouring to meet an accomplice, but that my presence so close upon his heels repeatedly scares them apart. Dross They were both silent, and she seemed to have followed his devious thought in the same muse, for when he spoke again she did not reproach him with an equal inconsequence. The Story of a Play A Novel "I shall never forgive her," Mrs. Rooke retorted, with true feminine inconsequence. Mary Gray As he reached the puddle, a pure inconsequence of good feeling seized him, and he splashed deliberately in it, grinning around him. While Caroline Was Growing Nothing human is perfect that does not exhibit somewhere a fine inconsequence. The Lady Paramount "You had better go there with me," she added, with a certain inconsequence. The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II) Are you very mad?" she asked with bewitching inconsequence."Why should I be mad, Miss Sis? Mingo And Other Sketches in Black and White And last, Holland has, in our days, passed into comparative inconsequence, and presents few symptoms of that strength which once aspired to the rulership of the oceans. A Hero and Some Other Folks There had been many travelers to board the through train with me, and surely one might consider himself safely lost in such a throng, if only by reason of the unit inconsequence. Branded The sense of my own inconsequence grows positively painful in the face of Philip's outspoken veneration. The Patient Observer And His Friends He went away exasperated by her inconsequence, and bills from Lynbrook continued to pour in on him. The Fruit of the Tree Mrs. Teunis Van Dam, Canon North, and the Beverwyck Club, so far as they stood for anything, peopled a frigid zone of inconsequence which he had no wish to penetrate. The Henchman I am not wholly satisfied with "The White Spat," but I think I have caught the true spirit, or, at any rate, the proper inconsequence of these things:— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 Is it necessary to point out the folly as well as the crime of this delusion--the ludicrous inconsequence of men who divinize humanity yet revile what they call "society"? Secret Societies And Subversive Movements She would kneel beside him with her elbows on his knees, looking up into his face, and with make-believe cheerfulness would reason with a woman's inconsequence, fearlessly deducing results from causes which had no existence. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead There is a glorious inconsequence in the arrangement of the wares. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Whatever might be his demerits from a physical point of view, he lacked the general air of inconsequence that characterised most of his companions. The Mayor of Warwick Storri's tone was supercilious and tired, as though he had been forced to remember ones who wearied him by vulgarest dint of their inconsequence. The President A novel Her boiler had been replaced with the usual inconsequence. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative A certain optimistic inconsequence is his chief characteristic, as if he really believed that the hours bore more of happiness than of sorrow to the world. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance She looked around at him, and they both laughed a little at her inconsequence. The Danger Mark There was always a jarring inconsequence about this girl, she was so delicately pretty and refined in appearance, her ribbons were so profuse and cheap, and her manners were so recklessly coarse. The Portion of Labor The utter inconsequence of his father's reasoning struck Jerome like a chill. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel It was the consequence in inconsequence of a woman, which a man can seldom grasp. The Debtor A Novel All my effects, inconsequence, did not arrive before evening. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy She went on talking inconsequences to Geraldine; her husband waited, exchanging a remark or two with Duane in his easy, self-possessed fashion. The Danger Mark But it was, like a good many other things of apparent inconsequence in this young man's life, destined to leave in him an impress which had much to do with what he was to perform. Foch the Man A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies And how egregiously absurd is his romance of Richard's assuming the crown inconsequence of Dr. Shaw's sermon and Buckingham's harangue, to neither of which he pretends the people assented! Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third This was awkward; but the situation became still further strained when Mrs. Pellow was announced, and bursting in with the same eagerness, came to a dead halt with the same inconsequence. The Astonishing History of Troy Town "Yet the crystal warned you!" she returned, with apparent but not real inconsequence. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy Shallowness provokes shallowness, levity, lightness, inconsequence—all are answered by their own echo.... The Danger Mark By the peculiar inconsequence of his conversation, he had succeeded in driving timidity from her. Sally Bishop A Romance That Emma tries to carry her point now by lugging in the poor little kid, who has nothing whatever to do with the case, is but another proof of the inconsequence of the sex. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) The Admiral stared interrogatively; his visitor pursued, with some inconsequence—"By the way, is there a club here?" The Astonishing History of Troy Town Unfortunately, this inconsequence existed only for the few thinkers who could in that age rise to the acceptance of Milton's premises. Life of John Milton The inconsequence of human nature is more wonderful to me than the ingress of any spirits could be. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II He had asked the question with such apparent inconsequence that the thought of denying him the information had not occurred to her. Sally Bishop A Romance So, bravely hiding her sinking heart, she laughed and chatted for the benefit of her taciturn bridegroom with the gayest inconsequence during the brief drive to her home. The Odds And Other Stories She knew that there was no precipitance—no inconsequence—with Him. The Other Girls "I've got my flute, sir," he whispered with strange inconsequence as he came to my side. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow "The inconsequence of the scamp amounts to genius!" he used to tell his Mary with admiring displeasure at one or another of Maurice's scrapes. The Vehement Flame In a certain class of old-fashioned literature the newspaper-writer is represented as a careless, dissipated Bohemian, who lived with rackety inconsequence. Side Lights From its half-cold inconsequence and restraint, it warmed and lighted, as her hands went out eagerly. Married Life The True Romance She herself was impervious to argument, and owing to her rapt inconsequence it was generally difficult to tell what she would be at. The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) She shook her head, bewildered at his inconsequences. The Firing Line If the king happens to be sinful, his subjects, inconsequence of his oppressions, meet with destruction. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 He had for some months grown physically weaker, and both Raymond and others had noticed an inconsequence of utterance and an inability to concentrate the mind. The Spinners She laughed engagingly with feminine inconsequence and stooped down to recover a slight, silver bracelet that had slipped off over one of her small hands. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative With the curious inconsequence of moody youth, she was not aroused to action by the situation in which she found herself. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil She was talking at random, now, as though the sound of her own voice were sustaining her with its nervous informality; and she chattered on in feverish animation, bridging every threatened silence with gay inconsequences. The Firing Line “Well, anyway, we’re going to,” Banks affirmed with a slight inconsequence. The Jervaise Comedy He was switching the conversation into more normal channels with airy inconsequence, but Olga gently brought him back to the point. The Keeper of the Door Further still, even the edge of the perfected inconsequence of certain of the 'Notes' is somewhat dulled when we see the trick of it being exercised. Aspects of Literature Just for an instant his famous fingers seemed to flash with apparent inconsequence towards one bit of mechanism and another. The White Linen Nurse And in her excitement she began to chatter fast and loudly, mostly to Sir Richard—repeating some of the Venice tales she had told in the gondola—with much inconsequence and extravagance. The Marriage of William Ashe After he arrived, it is true, he received from her a cigarette case and a very gay and frank Christmas greeting—happy and untroubled apparently, brimming with gossip, inconsequences, and nonsense. The Common Law He lay on the sofa talking with cheery inconsequence, scarcely pausing for any response, till presently he worked round to the subject of his blindness—a subject which by tacit consent they seldom discussed. The Keeper of the Door "If you were to talk of my health, it would be more to the purpose," he said, with grim inconsequence. Marcella M. E., now that no further great efforts are needed, chatters on with most disquieting inconsequence. Halcyone He sharply realised his disappointment, and its inconsequence. Lady Connie After hours, once or twice, she came in to tea—to gossip a little with the old-time ease, and barter with him epigram for jest, nonsense for inconsequence. The Common Law He was in a mood of charming inconsequence, and under his easy guidance she gradually recovered from the shock of her enemy's appearance on the scene. The Keeper of the Door The red flames reflected strangely from unexpected places, showing the oddest inconsequences. The Rules of the Game Antonyms: unconcern, inconsequence. concerned, a. solicitous, worried, anxious, apprehensive, troubled, uneasy. Putnam's Word Book "I was handsome once," said Mrs Clowes, with apparent, but not real, inconsequence. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories In her zeal of welcome Miss Verity was voluble to the point of inconsequence, not to say incoherence. Deadham Hard Somehow she did not want him to be hurt, to suffer as she knew that other men had been made to suffer by the gay inconsequence of her friend. The Keeper of the Door The deeper questions of motive and the inconsequence of some of her actions he preferred to leave till later. The Moon Rock This new demonstration of feeling, there is too much reason to believe, has been produced inconsequence of the negotiation of the late treaty of annexation with Texas. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler They called each other by their Christian names before she had been twenty-four hours at the farm, and chaffed each other with cheery inconsequence whenever they met. The Top of the World Similar conclusions can be drawn from the life stories of the score or more of civilizations that rose, flourished and sank into inconsequence during the previous five thousand years. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History In the novel, everything has to be rounded off and led up to, and you never get a notion of the inconsequence of life. Father Payne Doctor, ward-master, apothecary, and nurses stood looking down at the slim, fever-flushed shape moving restlessly on the cot—babbling soft inconsequences, staring out of brilliant eyes at nothing. Ailsa Paige Besides, the inconsequence of her character should be taken into consideration … also, that vengeance of which the enemy had made her the victim…. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Two eyes—one black, one grey—looked down into his, answering the challenge with gay inconsequence. The Obstacle Race He was hardly aware of his own inconsequence. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Since the whole of this ideal building was painted upon plaster, its inconsequence, want of support, and disconnection from the ground-plan of the chapel do not strike the mind. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti He had become silent again, and she was saying she knew not what—fortifying her common-sense with gay inconsequences, when he looked up straight into her eyes. Ailsa Paige Where now he realized only his own inconsequence, effort would make him aware of his own impotency and insufficiency. This Side of Paradise As I turn over the big pile of manuscript before me certain things become clearer to me, and particularly the immense inconsequences of my experiences. Tono Bungay Which indeed begot in her, with a certain inconsequence, a return of her small wail. The Ambassadors But here again Michelangelo betrayed the inconsequence of his invention. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti Returning after a minute or two, he remarked, "Go ahead till we're stopped," and seated himself on the corner of the desk with the light inconsequence of a bird on a twig. The Market-Place Every evidence of feminine inconsequence in Anna seemed to attest her deeper subjection to the most inconsequent of passions. The Reef Mrs. Grose looked round once more; she fixed her eyes on the duskier distance, then, pulling herself together, turned to me with abrupt inconsequence. The Turn of the Screw He came out quite suddenly with this announcement while Strether wondered if his revived interest were what had taken him, with strange inconsequence, over to London. The Ambassadors Suddenly, turning her eyes upon Bernard with a certain strange inconsequence— "I have not seen you here before," she observed. Confidence Vagrant impressions and associations of this childhood strayed with quaint inconsequence across the field of his preoccupied mind. The Market-Place "I thought you referred to—at least—I was thinking of—" His sentence died off in inconsequence. The Damnation of Theron Ware "Ah, NO!" she returned, almost with the full privilege of childish inconsequence, resentfully, though with a long sweetness in her little drawl of the negative. The Turn of the Screw It was none the less his inconsequence that while he had himself been enjoying for weeks the view of the brilliant woman's specific action, he just suffered from any characterisation of it by other lips. The Ambassadors Their acts all had the weird inconsequence of the people we see in dreams. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation "Well, my little girl?" he said, with genial inconsequence, and smiled again at her, where she stood beside the mantel. The Market-Place He should have waited a few hours in order to drive home the utter inconsequence with which he regarded the incident. The Beautiful and Damned After a moment she added with apparent inconsequence, "You mean because of his opinions?" The Case of Richard Meynell But his friend, who was used to this kind of inconsequence in him, kept the thread. The Ambassadors "Alan's gone out," said Augustina, with a wistful inconsequence, straining her eyes as though to look through the diamond panes of the window opposite, at the park and the persons walking in it. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I These were ticklish times; and Kingozi had great difficulty in sitting calmly in his canvas chair listening to the endless inconsequences of a savage. The Leopard Woman "Such," I reflected, with an unaccustomed cynicism, "is the light inconsequence of women and dogs." Ruggles of Red Gap Ready to swear eternal devotion with that delightful inconsequence of youth in its unreason, thinking to control an emotion as Canute's flatterers would have had him do the waves. Three Weeks At that she looked at him quickly, across her shoulder, but she smiled as brightly as before, and with the same cordial inconsequence: "Oh, I can hardly think that!" she said. The Magnificent Ambersons She had always had servants at her beck and call, whom she could abuse illogically and treat with an utter inconsequence inherent in her nature. From One Generation to Another From the confusion emerged a predominating sense of their many inconsistencies and of the haphazard irresponsibility and inconsequence of their states of mind and actions. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire She broke off with sudden inconsequence, as women will. Ruggles of Red Gap So in this negotiation within ourselves, men are undermined by inconsequences, solicited and importuned by impressions and observations, and transported by passions. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded He did not know that there is one virtue left to work the salvation of people of that temper of mind:—inconsequence. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House I put before her as soon as I next saw her the incidents here recorded, and—such is the inconsequence of women—nothing can exceed her reprobation of Louisa Pallant. Louisa Pallant The same stark, staring inconsequence is visible in many other departments of life, but in this region it works its most tragic results. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII When the ladies had half-finished dinner he returned and joined them, with a formal apology to his wife for his inconsequence. Madame De Mauves But this Linda ignored from her wide sense of the inconsequence of most things. Linda Condon Then, with the fearful inconsequence of a dream, Foxy trotted out of the wood and came to her. Gone to Earth These are altogether original and filled with the proper dream-spirit of inconsequence. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 1, 1919 Chopin was a résumé of these magnificent inconsequences which God alone can allow himself to create, and which have their particular logic. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 After all," he says, "there is something in this problem which refuses to be thus laid to rest; and in treating it, it is hardly possible to escape the uneasiness of a certain moral inconsequence. A Lie Never Justifiable He was not conscious of the gaping inconsequences of his train of emotion. Hyacinth Esther was used to Aunt Amy's inconsequences which made impossible the discussion of any subjects save the most trivial. Up the Hill and Over A man cannot dine in comfort with comfortable friends when his heart is sore over his general inconsequence in the real world. The Wolf's Long Howl Another New England man who is constantly called a Roundhead is Cotton Mather; with equal inconsequence and inaccuracy he is often referred to, and often stigmatized, as "the typical Puritan colonist," a narrow, bigoted Gospeller. Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) "I—I am going to-morrow, you know, and—" Then he almost laughed himself, for the droll inconsequence of this intelligence, after what had passed, touched even his small sense of humor. The Iron Game A Tale of the War With a curious inconsequence, my thoughts abruptly left the matter; to dwell, wonderingly, upon the peculiar material, out of which the House was constructed. The House on the Borderland The comical inconsequence of this anecdote concerning a man so important robs it of vulgarity. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People My son, why did you not take women for what they are, creatures of inconsequence, made to enslave without being their slave, like a sentimental shepherd? Vautrin Then with a strange and bewildering inconsequence she flung herself into Leonard's arms, and burying her head upon his breast she began to weep. The People of the Mist The town is a charming mixture of antique "character" and modern inconsequence; and! not only the town, but the country—the blooming romantic country which you admire from the famous promenade on the city-wall. Italian Hours The following letters, carefully culled from the annual contributions of a lady whose epistolary career I have followed with interest, will indicate the delicious inconsequence that has made them for me such grateful reading: 1888. Without Prejudice That these are not necessary practical results of such principles, we owe to that fortunate inconsequence of our nature, which permits the heart to rectify the errors of the understanding. Biographia Literaria Judging by your manner of late, not to mention your looks, you haven't been drunk with happiness since you reached this town of historic importance and modern inconsequence. Miss Gibbie Gault I wish," said Margaret, with an inconsequence that is not exclusively feminine, "that she were in the way to fall in love and marry by and by. The Gilded Age, Part 2. He was amused and vexed at the inconsequence of his interview with Miss Denham, and did not know whether to be wholly vexed or wholly amused. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel It is also necessarily an effect of fine shades, delicate values, vanishing distinctions, of evasiveness, inconsequence, suggestion. The Cardinal's Snuff-Box And then, with the inconsequence of dreams and sprites, she appeared to him. The Ne'er-Do-Well Bob Wharton was pagan in his joyous inconsequence; his romping spirits could not be damped; he bubbled with the optimism of a Robin Goodfellow. The Auction Block From the odorous jungle they came, flitting in gay inconsequence, steering a course of "slanting indeterminates," yet full of the power and the passion of the moment. Confessions of a Beachcomber When next he spoke it was only to increase the crazy inconsequence of their talk. Number Seventeen I was never afraid of him,' she added, in a defiant tone, and with a delicious inconsequence that choked her husband in the midst of a draught of beer. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns His sentences are never too much dilated or contracted; and it will not be easy to find any embarrassment in the complication of his clauses, any inconsequence in his connections, or abruptness in his transitions. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1 "Well, I owe her that anyhow—poor Addie!" he said, with a smile at the inconsequences of fate. Tales of Men and Ghosts So, these my vocations drift into the gentle and devious stream of inconsequence. Confessions of a Beachcomber Yesterday morning her mind had been full of that happy inconsequence which feels no need of thought. The Window-Gazer But the affection was charming to Margaret's own affectionate nature; and she had grown up with the inconsequence, so she did not perceive it. North and South With all the inconsequence of a man in a passion, Mr. Gibson laughed out, 'What have I said about horsewhipping or poisoning? Wives and Daughters It was in full sight of this lady's inconsequences that Faustine was educated. Imperial Purple The Bastile must be destroyed before the representation of this piece would not appear as a dangerous inconsequence. Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon Perversity, thy name is maidenhood; and maidenhood, thy name is delicious inconsequence! Alice of Old Vincennes Why should not the whole of the decorous street suddenly change into the inconsequence of an Empire ballet? Simon the Jester The conjuror provides for large transformation; but the law of such transformation is one of iron necessity, and, when he brings in at the end his interferences of Providence, they shock us as an inconsequence. Balzac Later on, he wondered a little how far the apparent inconsequence of her next question was the result of chance. On the Firing Line Her thoughts followed one another in strange flurried inconsequence. The Captives With a womanish tenacity she had fastened to a minor inconsequence of the outrage. Merton of the Movies Even the vagaries of editor and scribe will not account for all the incoherences, disorder and inconsequence, and for the vain iterations which suggest that the author has forgotten what he said. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 England has heard of the extraordinary recklessness and inconsequence of the British-Indian "fellow- subject." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 With swift inconsequence, the girl shifted to the other side of the discussion. On the Firing Line Such inconsequences are common in Eastern story-books and a goody-goody sentiment is always heartily received as in an English theatre. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 04 He came to resent a certain inconsequence in the woman. Merton of the Movies "Madonnino, it is not a subject whose study makes good priests," she announced, and puzzled me again by the foolish inconsequence of her words. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Libby began to laugh at these inconsequences, to which he was probably well used. Dr. Breen's Practice And she added, with superficial inconsequence, "I shall always think you were very cruel." Fennel and Rue I could not help—Oh, Miss Strange," she suddenly broke in with the inconsequence of extreme feeling, "the will is in the house! The Golden Slipper : and other problems for Violet Strange He flew to another thought with the inconsequence of the drunken. Merton of the Movies It is plain now that I did her an injustice, for there was about her words none of the inconsequence I imagined. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Here her courage failed her, with all the characteristic inconsequence of her sex. Tales of the Argonauts But then, with a certain inconsequence—"I have never complained of him!" she said. Washington Square She paused a moment and then went on with an inconsequence that Ralph observed even in the midst of his eagerness to discover some symptom of concession. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 Isabel was silent a little but then spoke with extreme and characteristic inconsequence. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 With the same youthful inconsequence, wondering at this more than at the interruption, which was no novel event, he went slowly out of the room. A First Family of Tasajara I trust I have vindicated the apparent inconsequence of teaching young students a good deal that seems at first sight profitless, but which helps them to learn and retain what is profitable. Medical Essays, 1842-1882 In this fashion she nimbly pursued a train of vitiated logic, passing from inconsequence to inconsequence. The Snare This was really better, no doubt, but superficially it moved—and I admit with the last inconsequence—one’s pity. The Patagonia Then, with the inconsequence of childhood, he had pictured Fletcher gasping beneath his feet—trampled out like a worm, when he was big enough to take his vengeance and come again into his own. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields Some Greek jests have an Irish inconsequence, some the grave and logical monstrosity of American humour. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology It's something," Mamie pursued, with some inconsequence, "that—somewhere or other, at some time or other—he appears to have done. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] "That would be rather at the expense of the variety, would it not?" said Hugh, in spiteful response to the inconsequence of the second member of Funkelstein's remark. David Elginbrod Mrs. Nettlepoint for a moment said nothing; then she treated me to another inconsequence. The Patagonia At this sudden and startling exhibition of female inconsistency and inconsequence, Jim was for a moment speechless. The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales Neither the inconsequence of this singular request, nor the smile it evoked on the faces of the other passengers, seemed to disturb the lady's abstraction. In a Hollow of the Hills The whole of this paragraph must now appear a tissue of inconsequence and incoherence. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 His normal thought was dispersion, sleep, dream, inconsequence; the simultaneous action of different thought-centres without central control. The Education of Henry Adams I was transported into a world of sunlight, of gay inconsequence, of emotional surprise, a world of poetry, delight, and humor. Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard They bade a gloomy if affectionate farewell to Cowperwood, who, on his part, attempted to give it all an air of inconsequence—as, in part and even here, it had for him. The Financier, a novel As both of them, whenever they heard the tune afterward, always remembered, the Hungarian band, with rare inconsequence, was playing the "Grizzly Bear," and people were trying to speak to Helen. The Red Cross Girl Mustering courage to hum a little tune and affecting inconsequence, she had nearly crossed the threshold when he said, sternly: "And this is all you intend to say to that child?" Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William Only Bostonians can understand Bostonians and thoroughly sympathize with the inconsequences of the Boston mind. The Education of Henry Adams Dona Luisa responded with the inconsequence that mothers always show in matters of resemblance. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse I marvel she did not abide with me to the end; it is a sort of inconsequence in Nature, and sometimes makes me vaguely uneasy through nights of broken sleep. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft Nevertheless he hesitated, and, with the inconsequence and abruptness of a shy man, continued the previous conversation. Selected Stories of Bret Harte Zola from the first days of their marriage, and inconsequence his life was wholly free from scandals and his mind was never distracted from his work. In Defense of Women She showed for the passing instant the face of some splendid tragic mask, and I remembered for the inconsequence of it what Mrs. Meldrum had said about her sight. Glasses |
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