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

A butterfly sped past us on the terrace, silly and inconsequent. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

All these foolish inconsequent threads hanging upon one another, because Maxim had killed Rebecca. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Here, you could argue, is the very justification of the novel itself – the education of our imaginations not by precept but through the inconsequent palpability of art, what Henry James called its "irresponsible plasticity". Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z

What is going on here is inconsequent, not transparent, unprofessional and unfair. Chris Froome says failed drugs test ‘damaging’ but he followed protocol 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

For Sylvia the evening had already taken on the nature of a dream, and she accepted the immediate experience as only one of an inconsequent procession of events. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z

For five minutes the latter bombarded the chums with questions, getting inconsequent replies that put the reporters on their mettle. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z

To what class of "inconsequent warnings" could you refer this experience? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 2012-04-02T02:00:24.930Z

The villagers, like children, desired to celebrate the occasion with inconsequent rejoicing. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z

Fourteen weeks ago this warfare had begun, and all he had accomplished, he and those with him, was the death or incarceration of a few inconsequent members of the Black Hundred. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z

There was something vaguely attractive about her, and she had Irish eyes in which he had seen a hint of the reckless inconsequent courage of that people. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

We sometimes speak of an inconsequent, harum-scarum person, who is always going off after new ideas, as quixotic. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z

He had noticed already that Tom Wheelock had fallen into a habit of inconsequent rambling, and there were times when it pained him to listen. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z

The Socialist, who deals in paradox and the inconsequent, also has his own car. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z

They were chatting pleasantly about inconsequent things, when the maid came in and asked Florence to come to Miss Susan's room for a moment. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z

He remembered the letter in his pocket, and felt that there was a responsibility on him, and that was a thing which, inconsequent as he was, he seldom shrank from. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

To readers accustomed to the resources of civilized travelling the hour of arrival is an inconsequent detail. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z

He's an inconsequent devil, but he seems to have scraped up a little sense as he went on with the game. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z

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

I replied that from a hasty judgment the English game seemed 117 haphazard and inconsequent. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z

It was in the case of a young woman from The Peninsula a very unusual thing she had done, but there was inconsequent courage in her, and a certain quiet imperiousness in her manner. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

Her memory echoed the careless inconsequent chatter, the joyous laughter of irresponsible youth. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z

You are a curious, inconsequent kind of man. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z

Does not reasoning such as this itself prove how very inconsequent and inconsistent is man, even though he be a European and a Christian? Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z

As many thin dresses as she could crush in—inconsequent necessities—her storm boots; her tooth-brush— Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z

They were Irish eyes, with the inconsequent daring of the Celt in them, though she had also the lips of the Iberian, full and red and passionate. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z

He laughed again, the old light, inconsequent laugh which came to him so easily, with which he met good and bad fortune alike. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z

They were cheerful, inconsequent fishermen, who would have done a good deal for him, and not altogether because of the bottle of caña he occasionally gave them. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z

"Some of the men we met in the mountains were delightfully inconsequent," she said at length. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z

On the surface, we are often cheerfully inconsequent, but underneath there's a strain of melancholy. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z

With this utterly inconsequent conclusion, Cousin Sudie commenced rocking violently in her chair. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z

What an inconsequent piece of work is man, if the few years of earth are his all! The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z

The quiet has been broken only by the sibilant song of the boiler, by desultory conversation and bursts of gunfire as spasmodic and inconsequent. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z

He had never felt so unutterably bored with the inconsequent chatter of Rosie, nor more annoyed with May’s noisy performance on the piano. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z

But the mind is an odd store-room, and many things dwell in it which the owner is powerless to eject—small, persistent, elusive thoughts which hide behind the lumber of inconsequent things. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z

And then Athena had broken out into eager praise of Jane—eager, inconsequent praise. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z

I content myself with suggesting that they who wish to learn how pretended reasoning may pass for solid argument, how inconsequent statements may pass for logic, had better study this lecture. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z

This was one of the necessities of her conversion; they must not prove agreeable any longer; it was inconsequent, untenable, that they should receive from her anything but a merely hypocritic courtesy. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z

Her senses had been shocked keenly alive at the moment: she had even noted—as in tense crises one notes inconsequent trifles—the ring on his finger with its curious, square green stone. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z

Their mother might say inconsequent things in her purring fashion, but only Rhoda Polly was allowed to stand up to their Old Man. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z

I believe you gave up your place at the dam and took hold with daddy more to show me what an inconsequent little idiot I was than for any other reason. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z

It was the inconsequent laugh which is merely an audible expression and possesses no meaning. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z

What would become of her twenty years hence—so pretty, so charming, so inconsequent? Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z

Finally the cover attempt at decoration had resulted in a grotesque combination of incompatible colors and inconsequent forms. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z

And one conclusion was invariably arrived at, albeit the avenues of talk by which it was reached were as tortuous and inconsequent as could well be. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z

So that we must cease to think of any supernatural incident as irrelevant or inconsequent, even if it means nothing to ourselves. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z

Then she did a strange—and in view of her former meditations—an utterly inconsequent thing. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z

As is very often the case in such matters, one apparently inconsequent remark of his haunted me more than anything else that had fallen from his lips. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z

From time to time they emerged, singly or in small parties, and wreaked a wild and often quite inconsequent revenge. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z

He was not in the best of spirits, for the drink was dying out of him; but his garrulous, inconsequent talk amused me mightily. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z

Perhaps the following illustration will help us to understand these inconsequent manifestations a little better. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z

And he looks “quite at home;” as cool, careless, and inconsequent as on the day when, in that same room, he had accepted with reluctance his commission for the masquerade. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z

"And what did he say?" continued Gabriel, still ruefully, for to him, as to most simple, serious natures devoid of any sense of humour, all this inconsequent hilarity looked suspicious. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z

Two additions, varying in length and height, provided as many sharp gables, and gave it the inconsequent charm of the unexpected. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z

Which was quite illogical and inconsequent—but there you are. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z

A moment afterwards she recovered herself and was handing him a cup of tea with some inconsequent remark. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z

That evening, Vernet and Stanhope,—the former grave, courteous, and attentive; the latter cool, careless, and inconsequent as usual,—sat listening to the story of Arthur Pearson’s mysterious death, told with all its details. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z

And the inconsequent nonsense sent him off into untimely laughter, louder and more uproarious than ever, quite a virile guffaw. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z

I believe, as a nation, we are the greatest humbugs in Europe; and, without intending it, the most illogical and inconsequent people the world ever saw. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z

He was careless and inconsequent, but they had been friends for a long time and she liked him. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z

He shook his head, and called himself a fool for allowing his mind to wander to inconsequent things. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z

Daphne, at times irrelevant, inconsequent, prejudiced, whimsical, perverse, was an idealist and a business woman. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z

"Manxman-like, he's a dog after the fair, and away from Peel to-night," bawled Kinvig, indicating the subject of his inconsequent remarks by a contemptuous lurch of his hand over his shoulder. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z

The Deemster set down his hat and cane, and looked up with a cold, mute stare in answer to his brother's inconsequent questions. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z

Your funny flat-boat careens about in the most eccentric and inconsequent manner; the spray envelops you; it all looks very dangerous, and is not in the least. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z

But the later portion of the play, containing the intrigues for their rescue and the final achievement of their deliverance, is both too involved and too inconsequent for a really tragic effect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z

On the other hand, he was not a great artist; his plots, though usually bustling, are often improbable; his character-drawing is constantly fickle and inconsequent. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z

So, as Dorcas obeyed her mother and left the room, the detective listened to the chatter of the two women, and from the volume of inconsequent talk he gleaned much of interest. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z

Then she told him the tangled, inconsequent tale, the coroner's announcement, Kerry's vision, her own strange dream-state, and all she had seen in it. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z

His behaviour became more and more perplexing, and his actions almost invariably baseless and inconsequent. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z

Even Stephen and Henry III. had been active and bustling princes, though their actions were misguided and inconsequent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z

Outside an anxious voice was heard muttering a string of inconsequent and wholly superfluous "Whoa's!" Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z

Shallow and inconsequent he had thought the little creature, and yet she had snapped the thread of life with her own hand rather than wait for its slow fraying under abandonment and separation from him. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z

The wind struck us quartering and muffled a shout to inconsequent syllables. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z

"Isn't it odd how these perfectly inconsequent things bury themselves somewhere in the human brain, to rise up and sneak out some time when the bars happen to be left down," he speculated. Stranded in Arcady

To fill up the gaps, we blustered and said the needless inconsequent things people always say when they face a long separation. Woman

Michael enjoyed walking with her, for she rambled on with long tales of her past that seemed the inconsequent threads of a legendary Odyssey. Sinister Street, vol. 2

"Why—how many do you suppose?" and "Did you ever hear of such a thing?" filled the warm air, even as the frail, inconsequent little May-flies filled it. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z

There is something very attractive in the last inconsequent remark! The Old English Herbals

"As if the money, or anything else in this world, could make any difference to either of us now, Donald, dear!" she protested, with a fine scorn of such inconsequent things as fairy fortunes. Stranded in Arcady

If there was "little sense," no continuity of meaning, there was usually significant suggestion; and social foibles were touched off with good-natured irony in a delightfully inconsequent fashion. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16

In the other mood she was full of fantasy and inconsequent raillery. The Trembling of the Veil

Her mind drifted dizzily through shapeless and inconsequent visions of the past. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play

The deputy nodded curtly; but his answer was inconsequent: “Rather in the brunette line—that bit of tangible evidence!” Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus

And during the meal itself, the same air of inconsequent gaiety was maintained in her regard, for she sat between Serracauld and his uncle. The Gambler A Novel

They often spent their Sundays thus; with their wonted inconsequent abruptness one would say to the other on Saturday evening, 'I'm tired of Naples. The Furnace

They were all at high tension, and the talk leaped from jest to protest, and back to laughter again, agile and inconsequent. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop

All he could do then was to begin to stammer inconsequent but grateful protests which Aunt Sarah stopped at once with masterful insistence. A Traitor's Wooing

The fantastic framework and inconsequent scenes of these wonder-stories mask from the popular view the qualities which give them their superlative rank and enduring charm. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII

Deerehurst, still standing close beside her, saw the expression of her face, saw the careless—the almost inconsequent—air with which she accepted her spoils; and, noting both, he touched her arm. The Gambler A Novel

But they were not her doing—they were Owen's; and Owen, inconsequent and even extravagant, was unlike anything she had ever seen him before. The Spoils of Poynton

The actors seem scarcely to be men and women, but such puppets as dance on electric machines, of movements too swift and sudden for human beings, too reckless, eccentric, and apparently inconsequent for moral beings. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866

The little horse had been bravely doing his work, carrying his inconsequent burdens as they listed, while she had been losing herself in protests. Ewing\\'s Lady

Reviewing the events of the day before, she flushed to think of the inconsequent manner in which she had announced the fact of her understanding with Jim Blair. An Unknown Lover

She lifted her head, met Serracauld's searching glance, and echoed his inconsequent laugh. The Gambler A Novel

It took the form of an inconsequent question. The Spoils of Poynton

The boy’s inconsequent chatter had given another turn to the knife. A Veldt Vendetta

Cassandra clasped her hands behind her back and strolled to and fro, thinking the many and inconsequent thoughts that come to a woman in such hours. Lady Cassandra

The summer sun sends a peremptory summons to every patch of omnibus, red or blue, to every scrap of harness, to all the broken, inconsequent accents, all equal, all divided, and all leaping to light. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure

The remark was inconsequent, in that it came on top of nothing at all. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland

"The most—what shall I call it?—inconsequent woman I ever met, mixing up things the most dissimilar together, and never dwelling for an instant on anything." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly

It would appear that woman is unconcentrated and inconsequent only where she has not been properly educated, and this has a profound bearing on her future development. The Intelligence of Woman

Like a devotee, she watched Mrs. North's quick, graceful movements, her vivid, changeful face; like a devotee she listened to her sparkling, inconsequent chatter. The Torch Bearer

Save for the furious inconsequent and almost purposeless fighting that was still raging far off to the left round Hougomont, the battle ceased. Waterloo

There were times when it haunted him with a ghostlike horror, and under its influence he would embark in some mad and dare-devil undertaking, utterly inconsequent because utterly without rhyme, reason, or necessity. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland

Electra, to her surprise, said an inconsequent thing. Rose MacLeod

Hodson did not guess the thought that prompted this apparently inconsequent statement. Barclay of the Guides

"Oh, how are you?" she asked, with that same inconsequent air, her hand held out to him at a high angle. The "Genius"

On the one hand we have the Darwinism of Darwin freed from inconsequent additions and formulated as orthodox “neo-Darwinism”; on the other hand we have heterodox Lamarckism. Naturalism And Religion

Now, after an interval of silence, came the above inconsequent one. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland

In such a mental condition, it may well be supposed that his writings are mysterious, inconsequent and diffuse. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition

What is the true cause of this hubbub of inconsequent words and contradictory actions? Pot-Boilers

There were a few conversations, but they were merely gay, inconsequent make-believe talks, in which Suzanne saw Eugene as one who was forever happy. The "Genius"

Nevertheless, trivial, inconsequent interviews between one in my position and those of my—my corps of assistants who may so far forget themselves as to seek them, must always be deplored. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon

Genuine ghost stories are generally abrupt and inconsequent in the extreme, but on this very account all the more impressive. Four Ghost Stories

Something—some dim memory—that had stirred his brain in sleep, immediately rushed to his lips in the form of an inconsequent question. Jimbo A Fantasy

Truly, he is always unexpected, and as often as not superficially inconsequent. Pot-Boilers

But restless and inconsequent despite all his virtues, the poet must needs return to Ferrara to bask in the presence of his beloved Leonora, with the dire and undignified result that all the world knows. The Naples Riviera

His mother went on in her weak, inconsequent way, yet her foolish praise was very sweet to him. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart

In real life the adventures are scanty, and for most of us existence moves on in a commonplace and inconsequent way. The Thread of Gold

A God who gives you an intellect which grasps after eternity, and is always saying on the summit of any endeavor achieved, “What next?” and yet is limited to a few inconsequent years. Christ, Christianity and the Bible

Punishments would have been very frequent, if her father's rather spasmodic and inconsequent kindness had not stepped in to save her. Angelot A Story of the First Empire

She spoke with a kindness that had the strange property of striking him as inconsequent—so much, and doubtless so unjustly, had all her clearness been an implication of the hard. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II

Kate was gently rocking herself, listening to the light-hearted inconsequent talk of these two. The Law-Breakers

They were talking, too, in an odd, inconsequent, chirping kind of way, not listening to each other; and moreover they were strangely adorned. The Thread of Gold

And yet she was so essentially the same Fay, tender and loving and inconsequent, and full of pretty cares for Jan's comfort. Jan and Her Job

She lay against the padded back of the car and chattered in an inconsequent fashion that was oddly amusing. Changing Winds A Novel

With no unseemly outbreak––with but an inconsequent ahem and a flirt of his handkerchief over his lips––he returned to his composure. The Cruise of the Shining Light

On one occasion Helen ventured to remark upon it in her inconsequent fashion, a fashion often used to disguise her real feelings, her real interest. The Law-Breakers

His apparently colorless personality drifted on in precisely the same amiable, inconsequent manner. The Twins of Suffering Creek

The loud, harsh laugh, accompanying inconsequent jests and jibes, it was good to hear. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills

"My God! can that be possible?" was the inconsequent answer, and his hand went up to his head as if the organs of thought were for the moment disordered. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862

Of these advantages Mr. Hazard knows how to avail himself, and shows not a little acuteness in exposing the untenable positions and the inconsequent reasoning of the New-England dialectician. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864

Marian certainly did little to save it, and nothing indeed was so inconsequent as her ground of complaint. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2

She resists the temptation, however, and presents the ball to Tara with a somewhat inconsequent "Tankou!" Lotus Buds

Bronzed, bearded, corduroy-clothed, cigarette-smoking,––for cigars fifty miles from a railroad are a curiosity,––as the seasons are dissimilar, so was he unlike his former inconsequent self. A Breath of Prairie and other stories

My little girl, I wish I could make you see how trivial, how inconsequent such things are. Polly of Lady Gay Cottage

It was the face of a child under a mass of gray hair, and its expression strangely vacant and inconsequent. Dorothy's House Party

They had walked for the most part in silence, interrupted by the vague, inconsequent, and rather gruff remarks, that are the symbols of equal friendship. Beside Still Waters

Because of this inconsequent opera, Balfe was given the cross of the Legion of Honour from Napoleon III., and was made Commander of the Order of Carlos III. by the regent of Spain. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces

She now had to the full the opportunity of studying those types of Spanish ladies and gentlemen whose gay, inconsequent chatter she has so brilliantly reproduced in her novels dealing with high life. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7

"Surely you are in luck, Madam Wetherill," said bright, inconsequent Sally Stuart. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia

The inconsequent, lazy and thriftless life of the criminal demands some sort of stimulant, and this is found readily at hand in alcohol. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science

But the arguments engendered were flimsy, inconsequent, and fantastic enough; the dialectic flashed to and fro, never very convincing, and mostly intended to aggravate rather than to persuade. Beside Still Waters

Questioned as to plans for the future—inasmuch as a marriage did not seem inconsequent under the circumstances—Sally became enigmatical. Somehow Good

Vespasian found his master in one of his rare inconsequent moods, talking nonsense with provoking persistence and exercising his wits in teasing everyone who came in his way. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker

The sweet high voice and the inconsequent childish laugh came upon Rallywood with a slight shock. A Modern Mercenary

Why, then, these inconsequent and these irritating denunciations? Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject

He was as inconsequent as a child that resents an injury, but can be diverted from the recollection of it by anything interesting, only to return to its grievance, however, the moment the interest fails. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius

Before that moment my mind was in a state of anarchy in which meaningless sensations rioted, and if thought existed, it was so vague and inconsequent, it cannot be made a part of discourse. The World I Live In

Beside the river rose an isolated plateau—abrupt, inconsequent, and, like all things else in the tawny landscape, unsoftened by a blade of living green. Captain Desmond, V.C.

The men listened to the frivolous, inconsequent gossip of the girl, now thousands of miles away from them, with a seriousness, a delighted happiness that nothing else in their lives could have afforded them. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies

And then there were certain natures to whom the trifle was epical; to whom the inconsequent was invariably magnified nine diameters; and having made a mistake, would die rather than admit it. The Pagan Madonna

In the most exquisitely inconsequent of the Bab Ballads, we are told concerning Pasha Bailey Ben:— One morning knocked at half-past eight A tall Red Indian at his gate. What I Saw in America

And there had been a wonderful visit to her mother’s country and her mother’s people, when for a summer she had rejoiced in the friendly, inconsequent, out-of-door life of a Massachusetts’ seaside colony. The White Mice

George, apparently in the best of spirits, wrote as he always did, in a boyish, inconsequent fashion. The Explorer

She generally had some cheery, inconsequent remark to pass. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies

A hand pressure, a few inconsequent phrases, that is always enough for two strong characters in the hour of reconciliation. The Pagan Madonna

As the story wriggles its inconsequent length, the author curses through the mouths of his heroes. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study

“And that reminds me of the time we came so near crossing together,” he broke out, diverting the subject in his inconsequent fashion. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45

His remark was so inconsequent that Lucy found nothing to say. The Explorer

She had chattered away the whole time in her light-hearted, inconsequent fashion, and at last asked him a question to which she required more than a nod of the head in reply. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies

That day I had been telling her some splendid inconsequent dream of mine. Friendship Village

Few words were spoken, save inconsequent remarks now and then on some passing sail. A Pirate of Parts

To state that one is young does not necessarily imply youth; for youth is something that is truly green and tender, not rounded out, aimless, light-hearted and desultory, charming and inconsequent. The Place of Honeymoons

For Halley's attentions to Natalie had been so marked, the plainly inconsequent mention of him in this matter did not strike me. The Crack of Doom

Billy returned as young, as inconsequent, as irrepressible as ever. The Mistress of Shenstone

Faltering, feeble, sometimes apparently inconsequent, they appear nevertheless prophetic, touched with the dignity of Eternal truths. Tongues of Conscience

Now and then she could hardly see the buggy and she was glad of his cheery laugh and the somewhat inconsequent remarks he flung back to her when the haze of driving flakes grew thicker. Prescott of Saskatchewan

Those who love the most Do not talk of their love; Francesca, Guenevere, Dierdre, Iseult, Heloise In the fragrant gardens of heaven Are silent, or speak, if at all, Of fragile, inconsequent things. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany

Patty fluttered around the house in a sort of inconsequent delight. Patty's Summer Days

But Myra was so charmingly inconsequent and impulsive in her actions. The Mistress of Shenstone

Both armies having swept through it, Delisleville wore in those days an aspect differing greatly from its old air of hospitable well-being and inconsequent good spirits and good cheer. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim

That he was barely able to support himself, and scarcely possessed a presentable suit of clothes, was to their minds the most inconsequent of trifles. Vagabondia 1884

This woman had made no inconsequent boast when she told her father that if deadly blows fell, they must fall first upon herself. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877

All the things I had ever believed in seemed to have fallen far, far below me, tiny and inconsequent. The Other Side of the Door

His present opposition to the former is either a renunciation of the latter or an untenable and inconsequent position. Freedom in Science and Teaching. from the German of Ernst Haeckel

She was never gay or inconsequent or young. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim

The book is diffuse and inconsequent, but it contains many shrewd observations with respect to physiognomy and has had no little influence on popular opinion in this matter. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science

He had caught fire at once, in his usual inconsequent, self-secure style. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877

Somehow at these moments, between sleeping and waking, I had an inconsequent sense that they were a part of the French novel. A London Life and Other Tales

The baby was smiling in that inconsequent and yet fascinating way which babies of a certain age adopt. A Big Temptation

His bewildered brain was expressing itself in an inconsequent sort of way. The Day of Judgment

The pictured scene, with its superfluity of accessories, is grotesque enough; but the poetic scenery, inconsequent and yet vivid as a dream, awakens, and fulfills the imagination. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2

It was one of the privileges of this inconsequent nature never to retain impressions for any length of time. Jack 1877

This is distinguished from the merely sensuous, as represented sometimes in Berlioz, Goldmark, Gounod, and the like; and the fantastic, inconsequent, and irresponsible, as represented, for instance, in Richard Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegel." The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations

What a madly inconsequent jumble it all was! A Son of the Immortals

Hereupon Bentley, in his usual easy, inconsequent fashion, fell into conversation with them, but as for me, having bowed in acknowledgment of their boisterous salutation, I relapsed once more into gloomy thought. The Honourable Mr. Tawnish

Gussie brought out cake and milk and chatted to us while we ate, in an inconsequent girlish way, or fed bits of cake to a green-eyed goblin in the likeness of a black cat. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901

Moronval finally concluded that a creature so inconsequent must be dazzled, not led. Jack 1877

A woman would instantly have noticed the beauty of her sables, but I was a man to whom such details were inconsequent. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)

Almost his only concession to the groundlings is the star-gazing episode of Lady Froth and Brisk: a mistake, because it spoils her inconsequent folly, but a small matter. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2]

A gift of inconsequent chatter is by no means without its place in the world, although we may prefer that others should supply the commodity. The King's Mirror

Almost as beings from another world, they passed through the noisy throng, so utterly inconsequent, so absolutely ignorant and careless. No Man's Land

It was to her inconsequent nature and Bohemian instincts a renewal of the excitement of her old life. Jack 1877

After they had left him, he turned to the window, feeling that the dreariness without and within was a very transitory and inconsequent thing. A Venetian June

Nevertheless, this would be a very inconsequent assumption. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal

Mrs Asplin had a book in her hand, in which from time to time she jotted down notes of a curious and inconsequent character. About Peggy Saville

Gabriel as usual diffuse and inconsequent in his work. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers

The rest of their conversation was inconsequent and desultory, alluding evidently to some project which they had fully discussed before. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective

This home truth silenced the captain for the moment, but the next instant he startled us all with an utterly inconsequent question, having no reference to what he had before been speaking of. The Island Treasure

The later Simpson thought it, as we have seen, a history of the Gypsies, and he has furnished it with an Introduction and a Disquisition of amusingly pompous and inconsequent nature. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866

I cannot praise too warmly the delightfully fantastic and inconsequent humour of the first half of the play. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-07

You see—you see, I'm not strong yet, and my mind rambled around in an inconsequent sort of way. I've Married Marjorie

Her eyes opened, but she was of an amiable, inconsequent disposition and let me have my way without too much opposition. The Hermit Of ——— Street 1898

A feeble and inconsequent way of doing things, no doubt. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922

The villainies of the Bába Yagá, an old witch of terrific resourcefulness, and the oddly inconsequent animal stories should make particular appeal. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 5, 1916

No one thing now seemed more inconsequent than another, and Cornelia answered, with a catching of her breath, but as if it quite followed, "Why, certainly," and they both sat down again. The Coast of Bohemia

If Miss Holland knew what a flighty, inconsequent infant you are, she wouldn't waste a thought on you, let alone a whole evening. An American Suffragette

From where I stood I could catch no sight of any habitation, but just at that moment a low, somewhat inconsequent laugh fell upon my ears. A Master of Mysteries

The folds of the skirt, cut in the fashion of a by-gone day, offered ample accommodation for bustle and steels, and in the absence of these props the gown had a collapsed, inconsequent air. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book

Seeing a stranger before her, Miss Huckins looked her over carefully from head to foot, while Josie smiled a vacuous, inconsequent smile and said in a perfunctory way: "Good morning." Mary Louise in the Country

It was only an inconsequent incident, and a moment later both had forgotten it. The Lure of the Mask

Stella, raised her head, looked at the simple, inconsequent, little doll-faced blonde and with an odd smile said: "Well, I could hardly have called him a boy." Peggy Stewart at School

Lady Grace, turning away as in vague despair for the manner in which the music might affect him, yet wheeled about again, after thought, to a positive recognition and even to quite an inconsequent pride. The Outcry

Being, as it were, ourselves the angels we had only a limited quarrel in each case with the event; but its inconsequent character, given the forces set in motion, was peculiarly baffling. Embarrassments

"I've known you since you were five," he said, with inconsequent pathos. Salthaven

Yet this conclusion of the intellect did not prevent the pain of pity and compunction, nor an inconsequent sense of guilt. The Daughters of Danaus

At last: "Nothing will help us; I don't think we are very happy," she answered, while her strange, ironical, inconsequent smile played about her beautiful lips. Georgina's Reasons

A little inconsequent, perhaps at times, but always amenable to reason, when put into a corner, and full of the glad, laughter of youth. April's Lady A Novel

On my faith, thou hast said, however, things no less inconsiderate, no less inconsequent, no less unwise; and this very thing must be said and proved, to make thy argument of any value. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection

Memory is sporadic; memory is capricious; memory is inconsequent, sometimes forgetting the large thing to record the little. On the Stairs

The unutterable loveliness brought, for a second, a strange, inconsequent sense of peace; it seemed like a promise and a message from an unknown god. The Daughters of Danaus

I say, Val,” he added in a strange, inconsequent way, as if rather ashamed of his recklessness, “that was rather near—wasn’t it?” Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer

And besides, it is you who are inconsequent. April's Lady A Novel

Instead, she prattled on about a dozen inconsequent topics, and finally suggested a drive in the Park before dinner. Flaming June

After the first quick glance his sister averted her eyes, as from something sacred, and poured out a flood of rapid, inconsequent talk to the new-comer. More About Peggy

But her sense of the comic in her companion’s tactics survived, and set her off in an apparently inconsequent laugh, which goaded Lady Engleton into retreating further, to an encampment of pure orthodoxy. The Daughters of Danaus

The nonchalant or incredulous or impish way in which the children receive these reproofs only confirms the suspicion that such scenes have been frequent, and the discipline attending them has been inconsequent. Etiquette

The swift transitions from the tremendous 'Barbara' to the inconsequent 'Baby' takes but an instant, and exactly expresses you. April's Lady A Novel

Madame had declared in her charming, inconsequent fashion as she fluttered away. Flaming June

It was amazing, it was almost frightening, the fluid, unstable quality of life; the rapid, inconsequent changes; yet it was also this very quality of transformation that most stirred and delighted her. The Coast of Chance

By all means," assented Colonel Kenton with inconsequent courtliness, "think it over. A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories

But it is suicidal, reckless, to allow convoys to meander about the veldt in this inconsequent manner. On the Heels of De Wet

He is as cheerful and as inconsequent as ever, and his plans for the future seem to me, although I am not a practical woman of business, more sketchy than well defined. White Ashes

Then she startled him with one of her direct, inconsequent questions. The Great Amulet

There were many sound and sensible reasons why she should, and only two or three rather inconsequent ones why she should not. Jane Journeys On

Why should they do everything so inconsequent, so improbable, so preposterous? The Tragic Muse

He paused and asked with sudden inconsequent heartiness, "Well, and how did you get along, you two?" The Mayor of Troy

Her pleading, her attitude, her pathetic gestures, gave extraordinary force to an appeal which, by contrast with her extreme agitation, was almost grotesquely inconsequent. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York

One place is as good as another, just so it is inconsequent enough. The Price

So their churches present a series of continual and often inconsequent experiments in the treatment and proportion of every storey, particularly of the triforium, and in compromise between vertical and horizontal tendencies. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See

No one who has ever read The Purgatorio or The Holy War could have patience with the shapeless and inconsequent Mansions. Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings

The young woman breezed on to another subject in the light, inconsequent fashion she had, and presently deserted Yeager to meet the badinage of an extra sitting at an adjoining table. Steve Yeager

It is curious how in English embroideries there has always been a predilection on the part of the designers for interlacing stems, and for the inconsequent introduction of birds and beasts. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor

On this day, their conversation was earnest and active, but inconsequent. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76

He found it difficult to form any picture of her here, among these gay, inconsequent merry-makers. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch

Miss Lillie Ravenel is as charming as her adored papa, and is never less nor more than a bright, lovable, good, constant, inconsequent woman. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.

We do not doubt her truth and good faith; but we confess ourselves puzzled with the contradictory and inconsequent phenomena of modern spiritualism. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

Magdalen saw again in memory the poor pretty apathetic mother who had taken so long to die; a grey-haired Fay, timid as the present Fay, unwise, inconsequent, blind as Fay, feebly unselfish, as alas! Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron

She is, in reality, very much the sort of woman you like, what is called, I believe, "a Woman's Woman," very humorous, inconsequent and sympathetic and defiled with no offensive exuberance of good health. Gilbert Keith Chesterton

The room was aglow with flickering firelight, and out of the glow a high voice came—a cheery, inconsequent voice. The Swindler and Other Stories

An eternal Being exists by Himself; this Being cannot be either wicked or inconsequent. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary

Certain inconsequent things we do or avoid doing. Parrot & Co.

The lines are inconsequent, and the limbs do not yet show the muscles on which plastic art can usually depend. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres

"I shall sit down," he said; "I feel I could be inconsequent much better if I sat down to it; that is no doubt because I am past my first youth." The Good Comrade

Cynthia Mortimer could be charmingly inconsequent when she chose. The Swindler and Other Stories

I have two hands and two feet, as much pride as you, nay more, a mind as disordered, at least, as inconsequent, as contradictory as yours. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary

Ellen repeated in her gentle wail as plaintively inconsequent as the note of a bird, and would say no more. The Portion of Labor

"Let us go back and listen again at her door," was Mr. Ransom's emphatic but inconsequent reply. The Chief Legatee

Then she was so inconsequent as not to make a proper will—thus it is that this creature gets everything, and I nothing! Red Hair

The older one grows, the less one wonders at the sudden, inconsequent turns which an apparently reasonable person will make in a line of conduct. The Jamesons

She heard the song of the pine over her head, and it seemed to increase her apparently inconsequent grief. By the Light of the Soul A Novel

At times, of course, there were ebullitions of youthful spirit, and the child was as inconsequent as a kitten. The Portion of Labor

I'm wandering, but then I'm Lady Lazy this summer, as The Man from Everywhere calls me, and naturally a bit inconsequent! The Garden, You, and I

This pitiful necessity we are under, upon social occasions, to say something—however inconsequent—is, I am assured, the very degradation of speech. Certain Personal Matters

He may be trivial, inconsequent, irrelevant, absurd; but he never wearies. Adventures in Criticism

He had had the worst shock of his inconsequent life when, in reply to that urgent summons, he had raced round to Cynthia Farrow's flat, and found that he was too late. The Second Honeymoon

Suddenly Andrew Brewster, with a fiery outburst of inconsequent masculine wrath with the whole situation, essayed to cut the Gordian knot. The Portion of Labor

Without doubt this fair demoiselle was about to join the festivities of some shop-girls' masquerade, where money and pedigree are inconsequent things, and where everybody is either a "loidy" or a "gent." Hearts and Masks

By the light of his flash Clay discovered the man to be a chalk-faced little inconsequent. The Big-Town Round-Up

While we may thus gain a staccato smartness, a jerky and inconsequent brilliancy, do we not lose something of the natural woman and the delicious heartiness, spontaneous wit and instinctive wisdom of her? The Young Man and the World

It was foolish of me to withhold it—foolish and inconsequent. The Survivor

Have you ever read that most enchanting book of Celtic mysticism, inconsequent whimsey and profound symbolism—"The Crock of Gold"—by one James Stevens? Greenwich Village

Some readers, when they happen to see a puzzle represented on a chessboard with chess pieces, are apt to make the equally inconsequent remark, "I have no use for it: I do not play chess." Amusements in Mathematics

"I fear everything," she replied, with inconsequent vehemence. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot

There came a light, inconsequent laugh; sharply he turned. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories

On such inconsequent pivots fate, or accident, twirls the most momentous affairs of life. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush

And the heavenly, inconsequent, infectious, absurd gaiety of it! Greenwich Village

Harry's inconsequent, thoughtless ways would have worried and tried some women to the uttermost, for he was frequently less thoughtful and less helpful than he should have been. The Measure of a Man

To Panurge, therefore, it was unnecessary and it might have seemed inconsequent to attribute other gifts or functions than are proper to such intelligence as may accompany the appetites of an animal. A Study of Shakespeare

Such he was who stood listening, with an appearance of interest unusual in him, to our otherwise inconsequent chat. Stories of Mystery

The dog, all alert, bounded off a little way and returned again with an inconsequent lightness in tail and eye. What Necessity Knows

A woman's laugh, high, inconsequent, rang through the great coffee-room, and all but one looked towards the corner whence it proceeded. The Odds And Other Stories

Likewise the 'battalion' of the inconsequent doughboy has for our behoof been supplanted by the more formidable word 'squadron,' to show that we are de jure as well as de facto men of war. "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War

She was just a female arab—an arab plus an accomplishment—bright, quick and inconsequent as a sparrow, and reeking of the streets and gutters, which had been her nursery. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.

Sad as he was, he could almost have laughed at the old man's inconsequent speeches. Marietta A Maid of Venice

Every small and inconsequent jetty had its fringe of black. A Man's Woman

She was in her gayest, most inconsequent mood. The Odds And Other Stories

It was a very inconsequent objection to make, and Mr. Lindsay simply ignored it. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel

Somehow that inconsequent small tendril roused in Billy a thrill of absurd tenderness and delight.... The Palace of Darkened Windows

The Chevalier, even with his inconsequent knowledge of the tongue, caught the meaning of some of the words. The Grey Cloak

Many instances might also be given of strange and inconsequent reasoning; but I shall only adduce the following. The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old

Besides," she added, with inconsequent optimism, "anything may happen before then. The Odds And Other Stories

She, the inconsequent fair, who had herself been captivated by the driver of that very wagon, a gay blade directing his steed with a flourish! Bunker Bean

"Besides," he said, with an inconsequent effort, "as to the queer things men do, men are natural animals all the world over." Married Life The True Romance

But in this moment she remembered her little and perfectly inconsequent attentions toward this man, and seeing them from his viewpoint she readily forgave him. A Splendid Hazard

Thoughts of that kind are not the best medicine for sleeplessness, and it was long after midnight before Mrs. Singleton Corey drifted insensibly from heartsick reflections into the inconsequent imaginings of dreams. The Lookout Man

There was a deadness of atmosphere between those rocky walls that struck chill even to Adela's inconsequent soul. The Odds And Other Stories

The spinster did not ask if the mother lived; the question was inconsequent. The Ragged Edge

Further, the Ontario mind was under the sway of that singular misconception, so common to Britishers, that a Frenchman by temperament is gay, romantic, inconsequent, with few reserves of will and perseverance. Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics

The talk that followed was inconsequent and rambling. The Spinners

It was no small mark of superiority to be less ignorant and gross than England, less488 brutal and stolid than Germany, less rapacious than Switzerland, less cruel than Spain, less vain and inconsequent than France. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots

He turned to the job of feeding his horse, and Dot, after a few inconsequent remarks, sauntered away in the direction of the barn, "to be alone with herself," as she put it. The Odds And Other Stories

The third time she escaped she reached the inconsequent barricade of the overturned table. The Ragged Edge

He rarely replied to her flat remarks, her inconsequent platitudes, her yawns and quite transparent signals that it was time for the visitor to go. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement

"It's all very dreadful and very disagreeable," said Lady Garvington in her weak and inconsequent way. Red Money

For the rest of his time with her, he was gay and inconsequent. The Keeper of the Door

They have a way of enveloping themselves in an air of importance and mystery, and when they don't do so, they're casual and inconsequent. Ranching for Sylvia

This seemed a little inconsequent, but I told him I had not yet been to Nikko. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People

We hope our readers can grasp the continuity of Dorothy's mental processes, for her verbal ones were rather inconsequent. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him

"That's your beastly America, where everything goes by freaks—where everything is queer and inconsequent and tortuous, and you can't pin any one down." The Street Called Straight

There were cries, sounding far away, inconsequent to us still standing. The Way of a Man

"You've had a wet tramp of it," was all she found to reply, though aware that the speech was inconsequent and trivial. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales

If it be reduced to its lowest terms, the plot of Frankenstein, with its bewildering confusion of the prosaic and the fantastic, sounds as crude, disjointed and inconsequent as that of a nightmare. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance

But when you've won her for a wife, And ante-nuptial glamour dies, What food for matrimonial strife Her crass inconsequent replies. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891

She threw back her head and laughed—laughed until her old inconsequent self was restored to power. Max

What under heaven does the inconsequent sex know of reward? V. V.'s Eyes

He was no longer the light-hearted, inconsequent youth she had known on board the ship. Nedra

Interspersed with this somewhat inconsequent story are the adventures of Eloise, who is first introduced on her return home, disconsolate, to a ruined abbey. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance

Toby gulped down her distress, was silent for a moment or two, then suddenly smiled upon him—a sunny inconsequent smile. Charles Rex

It was over—the little encounter; she moved into the dark hallway as light, as joyous, as inconsequent as a bird. Max

"I don't know nothing about it, miss," she stubbornly declared at last, with an inconsequent absurdity which smote Marcella's pity afresh. Marcella

Ah!" she all at once resumed in inconsequent fashion, "how I should like to have a pair of good shoes! A Love Episode

It was an insignificant, inconsequent little ceremony in itself but it fired a train in David's mind, made for healing the wound in his heart and brought its consequences. Andrew the Glad

Oh, the conceit of the man, who in this dark hour, when the English are dying on the battlefield, writes of "taking the conceit out of England" by a stroke of his inconsequent pen! New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index

When it was over, and the bridge players were established on the veranda, he drifted off to the smoking-room in an aimless, inconsequent fashion, and his hostess and accomplice saw him no more. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories

A curious ferment filled his restless, inconsequent brain. Marcella

Mordaunt had never seen her so effervescent, so sublimely inconsequent, or so naïvely bewitching as she was throughout the meal. The Rocks of Valpre

It did not seem quite fair that, for all that the world had denied her, it should withhold from her this inconsequent delight. Kindred of the Dust

She had never seen him so cheery and inconsequent. Greatheart

My mind was a terrible tangle of combinations nevertheless—intricate, incongruous, inconsequent, monstrous; but still I plodded on. Across China on Foot

She found strength to read the whole article, almost intelligently, though at times her mind would wander to inconsequent things, and the beat of her own heart seemed to deaden her understanding. Out of the Ashes

Timothy's tongue was loosened by the understanding in the little girl's eyes and he poured out to her the wise foolishness of his inconsequent and profound faëry lore. Hillsboro People

He is at home in the mysteries of their play and in the inconsequent operations of their minds, in the golden haze of impressions in which they live. Emerson and Other Essays

Very vivid, very graphic, full of sensibility, but inconsequent in some of the reasoning, it seemed to me, and rather flashy than full in the metaphysics. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)

He was a strange, inconsequent mixture of courage and timidity. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns

For now he would divert me to another topic and again bring me back to her, so that it all seemed the vagrancies of a boy's inconsequent chatter. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories

He dissected the doctor’s rather inconsequent argument with a good deal of acuteness and wit. Cock Lane and Common-Sense

She had forgotten how cheerily inconsequent Nick could be. The Way of an Eagle

Well, if she was inconsequent, she was dear!—and if her mystical fancies comforted and sustained her, nobody should ever annoy or check her in the pursuit of them. Fenwick's Career

"Distant Relations" was far more inconsequent, but it served to show our versatility, at any rate. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections

We like something a little more gay and inconsequent. Father Payne

It resembles the prose romances in being by nature discursive, episodic and inconsequent, and like not a few it remained unfinished. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England

The discussion seemed to her inconsequent and unprofitable. The Way of an Eagle

Certainly, there is no similarity between this and the superfluous action, the inconsequent movements determined by the working of a rule without a reason. Delsarte System of Oratory

Yet the writer had known men physically inconsequent who possessed a fine strain of courage, loyalty, honor. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life

Presently we fell into some casual talk, the inconsequent remarks common to chance acquaintance the world over. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India

Those last words of the invisible ruffian seemed quite trivial and inconsequent; and yet they framed his death warrant. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta

It was so like him, gay, cynical, epigrammatic, and inconsequent, that it cheered her. Ailsa Paige

Like artillery wheeling into action came her inconsequent criticism, her eyes braving him at last, as bright as his guns, though flashing only tears. Kincaid's Battery

Give me a God finer and greater and juster and nobler than myself—something higher than the Chaplain's jealous, capricious, inconsequent and illogical God. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life

Then allow me to point out to you that you are inconsequent. Without Dogma

Anything less than a World War would have appeared inconsequent, anti-climactic, to these two so closely concerned in the preliminary catastrophe, and yet so reticent that neither ever knew the other's wound. The Wrong Twin

He was Rossetti's antithesis, and in himself as inconsequent as Rossetti was logical. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II

He had enjoyed listening to Miss Bubbles' cheerful, inconsequent chatter. From out the Vasty Deep

To me the question had such vital importance that I was determined that neither fraud nor the inconsequent nature of the pretended communications should dissuade me from the most thorough investigation possible. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I

In future I will always be inconsequent when it suits me and makes me happier. Without Dogma

Yet this very afternoon the inconsequent dotard had employed a telephone to summon his car to transport him to the links, and had denied even a glance of acknowledgment at the wonder floating above him. The Wrong Twin

He saw them as shapes floating by in a dream, blurred and inconsequent. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West

The whole paragraph which I have quoted is simply a series of inconsequent sentences, all quite untrue in themselves and all quite irrelevant to each other. All Things Considered

And so abrupt, inconsequent, it sounded that she at first misunderstood. The Man Whom the Trees Loved

At the worst, I might be called inconsequent. Without Dogma

He was too inconsequent and easy going to command our confidence or to be of much assistance. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park

After that all was dark confusion, with only here and there a detached, inconsequent memory of appalling vividness. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West

A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. The Devil's Dictionary

I still have pretty clear, though rather fragmentary and inconsequent, recollections of our three summer excursions to the steppes of Samara. Reminiscences of Tolstoy

I was inconsequent, too, when I, a sceptic, had a mass offered up for Leon and Aniela, and prayed like a child, and swallowed my tears like any fool. Without Dogma

When I came back at last to the real Bladesover on an inconsequent visit, everything was far smaller than I could have supposed possible. Tono Bungay

"Where do you come from?" she said, impulsive and inconsequent, in a passionate whisper. An Outcast of the Islands

They were playing inconsequent games and breaking off in the middle of them like children looking for new pleasures. Gulliver of Mars

But he had the next minute an inconsequent question. The Ambassadors

He sat snapping his whip at the palm-trees above him, and smiled happily in an inconsequent and irritating manner at nothing. Soldiers of Fortune

He still walked eastward, wandering into warehouse and shipping quarters skirting the river, hitherto quite unknown to him, and pursuing in an idle, inconsequent fashion his meditations. The Market-Place

Miss Bart made this announcement in the tone of one who presents, with careless assurance, a complete vindication; but Mrs. Fisher received it in a manner almost inconsequent. House of Mirth

Every evidence of feminine inconsequence in Anna seemed to attest her deeper subjection to the most inconsequent of passions. The Reef

He thanked her hurriedly and nervously for the information, and made some inconsequent remark about the flowers. Beasts and Super-Beasts

He was quite inconsequent and just rippled on, but was always ready to attack a careless thinker. The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke

With which inconsequent remark he strode on into the house, followed by Gregson, whose features expressed his astonishment. A Study in Scarlet

Her health was as inconsequent as her actions. A Pair of Blue Eyes

He was still more perplexed, for this inconsequent smile made nothing clear, though it seemed to prove, indeed, that she had a sweetness and softness that reverted instinctively to the pardon of offenses. Daisy Miller

The lady was the mother of his inconsequent model, so that this mysterious personage was probably herself not far off. Confidence

"No, no," said Valentin, with a little inconsequent touch of family pride. The American

The table-talk was inconsequent; Amber took a courteous and easy part in it without feeling that any strain was being put upon his intelligence. The Bronze Bell

He wore the habiliments of a gentleman; even as he sat at his desk his well-cut coat and well-tied tie filled me with that inconsequent respect which the silk pyjamas had engendered in Raffles. Mr. Justice Raffles

I pressed him for an explanation, and he finally furnished one in his rambling, inconsequent, fine old way. The Fortune Hunter

Now it would really be hard to find a worse case of this inconsequent sentimentalism than the theory of the British Empire advanced by Mr. Roosevelt himself in his attack on Sentimentalists. Alarms and Discursions

Whereat Letty burst into hysterical tears, and he soon found himself involved in all the remorseful, inconsequent speeches to which a man in such a plight feels himself driven. Sir George Tressady — Volume II

He found an invalid father, a remarkably foolish, inconsequent mother, and a younger sister, Elsie, on whom, as it seemed to him, the burdens of the house mainly rested. Sir George Tressady — Volume I

The elephant is quite a comely brute, Compared with Satan camel, — trunk and all, His floppy ears, and his inconsequent tail. Georgian Poetry 1913-15

It was certainly nettling to find his air of reserve and displeasure met with such inconsequent lightness. A Fair Barbarian

She is rather a handful," wrote Mr. Wade to Tony Cornish, "and too inconsequent to let my mind be easy about her future. Roden's Corner

The resurrection of his higher nature is like a new creation, secret, sudden, inconsequent. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858

The róles were again reversed; for it was the woman who was tenacious to one purpose and the man who seemed inconsequent, flitting from grave to gay, from one thought to another. The Last Hope

After having proved the existence of those whom the superstitious bigot, the heated theologian, the inconsequent theist, calls atheists, let us return to the calumnies which are so profusely showered upon them by the deicolists. The System of Nature, Volume 2

And the baroness, looking at that still face, laughed her gay little inconsequent laugh. The Isle of Unrest

She spoke with a sort of inconsequent earnestness, a relic of the school-days she had so lately left behind. Roden's Corner

Therefore there must be some influence at work, probably the same influence, under different forms, which urges women to those strange, inconsequent actions by which their lives are rendered miserable. From One Generation to Another

For some moments he gossiped cheerfully of his new power-boat, Bannerman attending to the inconsequent details with an air of abstraction. The Brass Bowl

The reading-clerk had sung his way through an inconsequent bill; most of the members were buried in newspapers, gossiping, idling, or smoking in the lobbies, when a loud, cracked voice was heard shrilly demanding recognition. In the Arena Stories of Political Life

There's never any understanding women," Dr. Green said testily, "and your mother is a singularly inconsequent and weak specimen of her sex. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots

He could have told with reasonable precision the inconsequent remarks which were to come; and the interruption which they made appealed to his sense of the ludicrous as strongly as it irritated many impatient members. The Philistines

The sudden changes in her subtile voice, the under current of mockery in an invitation which seemed inconsequent, put me on my guard, reinforced all my deep-seated prejudices against the candor of the feminine soul. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons

The roles were again reversed; for it was the woman who was tenacious to one purpose and the man who seemed inconsequent, flitting from grave to gay, from one thought to another. The Last Hope

They have Miss Meadows; but she is young and absurdly inconsequent. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution

He knew his cousin better than any in the Frauengasse had learnt to know this gay and inconsequent Frenchman. Barlasch of the Guard

The woman he loved had chosen not him but handsome inconsequent Barry Craven and, for her choice, had reaped misery and loneliness. The Shadow of the East

There is nothing of melodrama, nothing inconsequent, nothing exaggerated. Authors of Greece

All these foolish and inconsequent comparisons, uttered thoughtlessly by Barron's lips while his mind was on his picture, seemed very fine to Joan; and the finer because she did not understand them. Lying Prophets

"He admitted that he was inconsequent, but it would take ten generations to get used to the new conditions." Married

That is why it is a simple matter to warm up to a grim battle, but not to an easy, inconsequent talk. Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore

I can bring him round any time; and that's the whole inconsequent business. A Foregone Conclusion

Presently she cut short his flow of inconsequent talk by remarking that her time was short, and inquiring if Miss Churton were in. Fan : the story of a young girl's life

The fisherman listened patiently, but Mr. Chirgwin's inconsequent and sentimental conversation sounded as tinkling brass upon his ear. Lying Prophets

Both fragments contain beautiful lines, but as a whole they are wandering, disjointed, inconsequent,—mere sketches, they seem, of some weird dream of mystery or terror which Coleridge is trying in vain to remember. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived

He lashed the ponies again, so sharply that a murmur escaped her, and he drew them up, quivering, with an inconsequent "Steady, boys," at which their back-laid ears protested. Sanctuary

All hot with self-contempt she lay back in the comfortably upholstered corner of the brougham, staring straight before her, sullen red mouth unresponsive to the occasional inconsequent questions of Grace Ferrall. The Fighting Chance

Secrets hidden from his intemperate, insistent gaze must surely be inconsequent. Tropic Days

If I did not think so I would not keep working—for the money that I make is inconsequent. My Life and Work

While the female sits close, the male perches on top of the nest, occasionally beguiling the time by inconsequent repairs and petty squabbles with next door neighbours. My Tropic Isle

I thought about the pastoral simplicity of the lives and character of the good people slumbering near me; and that inconsequent story of Anselmo's about Manuel and Pascuala caused me to laugh several times. The Purple Land

What he had to say proved inconsequent enough, an irrelevant suggestion concerning the training of field-dogs for close covert work and the reasons for not breaking such dogs on quail. The Fighting Chance

What would be the ending of a fray between two white men and many armed blacks, some of whom were aching under a prolonged, however inconsequent, grievance against a white family? Tropic Days

After which he came straight over and, in the most inconsequent way in the world, clasped her in his arms a moment and rubbed his beard against her cheek. What Maisie Knew

Throughout these frank and fundamental discourses one traces a predominant desire for a perfected inconsequent egotism. Mankind in the Making

Her song was as inconsequent as those of the woodlarks, who, with their hurried ripple of notes and their vacillating flights, were as eager and as soon discouraged as she was herself. Gone to Earth

His bearing, too, was so blankly impersonal that for a moment the whole thing appeared inconsequent. The Fighting Chance

I myself balked, at first, at these inconsequent names. Are You a Bromide? The Sulphitic Theory Expounded and Exemplified According to the Most Recent Researches into the Psychology of Boredom Including Many Well-Known Bromidioms Now in Use

"Ah they're mighty different things!"—a truth as to which her earnestness could now with a fine inconsequent look invite the participation of the child. What Maisie Knew

I believe him to be an inconsequent being like myself—oh, much more learned, of course—and yet only upon the threshold of these wonders. Adventures in Contentment

Happily a man's honor does not depend upon the inconsequent, malicious opinion of others. International Short Stories: French

He had been gay and inconsequent, or fiercely passionate in his devotion to her. The Bars of Iron

When away from her frivolous mother and the inconsequent home environments the girl was more unaffected and natural in her ways, and her faults were doubtless more the result of education than of natural tendency. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville

He was a worthless, trifling "boy," an idling dreamer, an irresponsible, inconsequent visionary, in whose baseless fancies it was astounding that a woman of her years should fatuously place reliance. The Boss of Little Arcady

Her hand came out through the flowers with an inconsequent, childish flourish of the fingers close by the grave face of Marcos. The Velvet Glove

For the rest, we are quite weary of Mr. Laing, and are content to have shown that everywhere he is the same biassed, inconsequent, untrustworthy writer. The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)

Her friend understood and came to her rescue with some inconsequent remark about poor Mumbles, who was still moaning and rubbing; his pinched nose against Patsy's chin to ease the pain. Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John

As I peered out, there came to me a sudden, inconsequent memory of that last journey among the Outer worlds. The House on the Borderland

To the end of his days he should be blithely, naïvely Greek; a dog of wretched field manners, pointing cattle and quail impartially, shamefully gun-shy, inconsequent, volatile, ignorant, forever paganly joyous without due cause. The Boss of Little Arcady

People are strewn about like flowers, and the whole effect is airy and inconsequent. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People

But they were like children with the passions of men, inconsequent, fickle, and wayward. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV

In the other mood she was full of phantasy and inconsequent raillery. Four Years

You may be sure that Mr. Robert noted through his half-closed eyelids these inconsequent details. Man on the Box

If that sounds inconsequent, or, at any rate, incomprehensible, may I not plead that so do the ineffable Mysteries of Life and Death. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography

To confound the reasoning of the mature man, by pointing to what he did at twenty-two, is, I submit, irrelevant, immaterial, inconsequent, unrelated and uncalled for. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers

Yes, they were absurd, with the absurdity that belongs to youth—happy, light-hearted, inconsequent youth. Betty Wales, Sophomore

It required a tremendous effort to concentrate upon his business affairs, and it took the genius of an actor to carry him through the inconsequent details of his every-day life without betrayal. The Net

They were at no time misty nor inconsequent, but contained proof that he had reasoned out his idea. Charles Lamb

Despite their ribald scoffing, he knew they were his friends: there was something about these careless, inconsequent knights of the sawdust ring, in spangles or out, that warmed the cockles of his sore, despairing heart. The Rose in the Ring

"That is my desire," answered Morris; and quite clearly there rose up before him an inconsequent picture of his mother teaching him the Catechism many, many years ago. Stella Fregelius

The visions of cats are curious things, no doubt, and few may guess their furry, silent pathways as they go winding along their length of inconsequent development. A Prisoner in Fairyland

You think she is frivolous and inconsequent, that she has the brightness of a sunbeam and no more substance; but you are mistaken. The Net

He was no longer the gay, whilom, inconsequent man about town. Her Weight in Gold

With more or less noise and with a running fire of inconsequent comment, she rummaged among the trunks and boxes, gradually working her way to, ward the desk where Keith still sat. Dawn

But then she was not a superior woman, she was only lovable and loving, and therefore restless and inconsequent. The Maid of Maiden Lane

Until tea-time he had been as gay and lighthearted and inconsequent as ever. Winding Paths

The whole plan, however, is inconsequent, as he has started an attack on the King's side. Chess Strategy

Her shallowness soothed him; her inconsequent egotism helped him to forget himself. The Masquerader

Then there were several witnesses who swore to inconsequent things, such as waiters at the Hotel Central, and the doctor who had examined Cortlandt. The Ne'er-Do-Well

Nor is its existence casual and inconsequent, but it has a definite and purposeful strength, alike in its material and spiritual life. Concerning the Spiritual in Art

With the inconsequent acceptance of youth, he took from her what an older man would have regarded a little shyly, and perhaps feared to take. Winding Paths

He is all alert, charged to the full with nervous energy—free, careless, inconsequent, but absolutely irresistible. Confessions of a Beachcomber

And Juliette—young, girlish, feminine and inconsequent—had sighed for country and sunshine, had longed for a ramble in the woods, the music of the birds, the sight of the meadows sugared with marguerites. I Will Repay

She turned upon me in such a delightfully inconsequent fashion and demanded to know what I expected, and declared her husband was good enough for any woman. The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors

And yet this inconsequent libertine did the following before my own eyes. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel

His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind. A Texas Ranger

Beautiful and frail, and inconsequent as they were, you envied them. Confessions of a Beachcomber

Maggie is the dearest girl in the college," she said to herself; "the dearest, the sweetest, the prettiest, yet also the most tantalizing, the most provoking, the most inconsequent. A Sweet Girl Graduate

But it is always these seemingly inconsequent things that bear the heaviest reckoning. Half a Rogue

I really don't know which to admire the more: the inconsequent way in which the French toss about scholarship, or the marvellous power of assimilation possessed by Judith. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel

I was able, too, to think over my schoolmastering experience; and the result was The Upton Letters, an inconsequent but I think lively book, also published anonymously and rather disregarded by reviewers. Escape, and Other Essays

He is fair-minded, human, generous; it is true that he is enveloped with a strange awe and majesty; he moves in a mysterious way, and acts in a most inconsequent and unexpected manner. The Upton Letters

I see a pair of cheerful young men, released from tubbing, execute a wild and inconsequent dance upon the water's edge; I see a solemn conference of deep import between a stroke and a coach. From a College Window

I heard scraps of their talk, inconsequent names, accompanied with downright praise or blame, unintelligible exploits, happy nonsense. At Large

Men were, after all, not wholly inconsequent; their attachment to Mary rested on an instinct of self-preservation. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

She was full of talk—spontaneous, inconsequent talk—like Jack; and yet with a vast difference. Watersprings

Besides his enormous erudition, he had a great fund of sterling common sense, a deep and liberal piety, and a most inconsequent and, I must add, undignified sense of humour. The Upton Letters

There follows a single, "Don't fret yourself!" as darkly inconsequent as the cry of revolt. Under Fire: the story of a squad

The foreign policy of England has for many years been, according to the judgment now in vogue, inconsequent, fruitless, casual; aiming at no distinct pre-imagined end, based on no steadily pre-conceived principle. The English Constitution

To what inconsequent polysyllabic question of his host did the guest return a monosyllabic negative answer? Ulysses

The day was beginning to decline; and in an awkward silence, only broken by inconsequent remarks, the party descended the hill, regained the carriages, and drove off in mournful silence. Watersprings

If my letters, as a rule, seem very inconsequent, remember that they are often written under pressure. The Upton Letters

If Benis were married, then the bride could be no other than the nurse-secretary he had written about in that one inconsequent letter to which he, Rogers, had replied with unmistakable warning. The Window-Gazer

It was affectionate and inconsequent like the writer. North and South

She did, however, just yet, nothing inconsequent—though she couldn't immediately have said what saved her; and by the time she had neatly folded her telegram she was doing something merely needful. The Golden Bowl — Complete

She did, however, just yet, nothing inconsequent— though she couldn't immediately have said what saved her; and by the time she had neatly folded her telegram she was doing something merely needful. The Golden Bowl — Volume 2

But it is only in such inconsequent moments that I allow myself to think thus slightingly of Latin Prose. The Upton Letters

It might be rattle, and it might be inconsequent, but it was much pleasanter than hysterics. Nuttie's Father

But now, without apparent reason, that which is called fate had suddenly accorded him that gracious and inconsequent attention which has forever decided the sex of this arbiter of human story. The Vultures

All Europe appeared to be sitting, unknowingly or knowingly, upon a powder barrel which only needed some inconsequent hand to apply the match. A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict

He was in his gayest, most inconsequent mood. The Rosary

Baird's serious effort had turned out to be a wild, inconsequent farrago of the most painful nonsense. Merton of the Movies

The arguments of her relatives seemed ponderous as opposed to her own inconsequent longing for escape from galling trammels. The Hand of Ethelberta

Bertie was a great believer—if the words are not too sonorous and too earnest to be applied to his very inconsequent views upon any and everything—in the philosophy of happy accident. Under Two Flags

As regards his subsequent journalistic career I can observe only that it has been unfortunate as inconsequent. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16

Edits., is wholly inconsequent and has not the excuse of rhyme. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09

Time was needed to create that world of painted shadows, so swift, so nicely consecutive when revealed, but so incoherent, so brokenly inconsequent, so meaningless in the recording. Merton of the Movies

"And they say you are to be a priest," she added, which seemed to me a very foolish and inconsequent thing to add. 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

Involuntarily he started and stood still one instant in amaze; the next, he flung thought away and dashed into swift, inconsequent words. Under Two Flags

She was only moderately fond of those inconsequent pleasures which make the life social. A Rebellious Heroine

Of the beginnings of the Idaho camps there have trickled back into record only brief, inconsequent, and partial stories. The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West

Hers seemed to him as inconsequent as the flight of a moth. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)

All my suspicions are confirmed, down to the most inconsequent: the egg housed with a mass of putrefaction. The Mason-Bees

A vague, inconsequent vision of her coming in some odd way to need it had intervened with the effect of a chill. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2

We have seen that our young lady was inconsequent, and at this she suddenly changed her note. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1

单词	inconsequent
例句	inconsequent A butterfly sped past us on the terrace, silly and inconsequent. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z All these foolish inconsequent threads hanging upon one another, because Maxim had killed Rebecca. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Here, you could argue, is the very justification of the novel itself – the education of our imaginations not by precept but through the inconsequent palpability of art, what Henry James called its "irresponsible plasticity". Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z What is going on here is inconsequent, not transparent, unprofessional and unfair. Chris Froome says failed drugs test ‘damaging’ but he followed protocol 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z For Sylvia the evening had already taken on the nature of a dream, and she accepted the immediate experience as only one of an inconsequent procession of events. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z For five minutes the latter bombarded the chums with questions, getting inconsequent replies that put the reporters on their mettle. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z To what class of "inconsequent warnings" could you refer this experience? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 2012-04-02T02:00:24.930Z The villagers, like children, desired to celebrate the occasion with inconsequent rejoicing. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z Fourteen weeks ago this warfare had begun, and all he had accomplished, he and those with him, was the death or incarceration of a few inconsequent members of the Black Hundred. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z There was something vaguely attractive about her, and she had Irish eyes in which he had seen a hint of the reckless inconsequent courage of that people. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z We sometimes speak of an inconsequent, harum-scarum person, who is always going off after new ideas, as quixotic. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z He had noticed already that Tom Wheelock had fallen into a habit of inconsequent rambling, and there were times when it pained him to listen. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z The Socialist, who deals in paradox and the inconsequent, also has his own car. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z They were chatting pleasantly about inconsequent things, when the maid came in and asked Florence to come to Miss Susan's room for a moment. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z He remembered the letter in his pocket, and felt that there was a responsibility on him, and that was a thing which, inconsequent as he was, he seldom shrank from. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z To readers accustomed to the resources of civilized travelling the hour of arrival is an inconsequent detail. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z He's an inconsequent devil, but he seems to have scraped up a little sense as he went on with the game. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z 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 I replied that from a hasty judgment the English game seemed 117 haphazard and inconsequent. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z It was in the case of a young woman from The Peninsula a very unusual thing she had done, but there was inconsequent courage in her, and a certain quiet imperiousness in her manner. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z Her memory echoed the careless inconsequent chatter, the joyous laughter of irresponsible youth. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z You are a curious, inconsequent kind of man. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Does not reasoning such as this itself prove how very inconsequent and inconsistent is man, even though he be a European and a Christian? Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z As many thin dresses as she could crush in—inconsequent necessities—her storm boots; her tooth-brush— Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z They were Irish eyes, with the inconsequent daring of the Celt in them, though she had also the lips of the Iberian, full and red and passionate. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z He laughed again, the old light, inconsequent laugh which came to him so easily, with which he met good and bad fortune alike. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z They were cheerful, inconsequent fishermen, who would have done a good deal for him, and not altogether because of the bottle of caña he occasionally gave them. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z "Some of the men we met in the mountains were delightfully inconsequent," she said at length. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z On the surface, we are often cheerfully inconsequent, but underneath there's a strain of melancholy. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z With this utterly inconsequent conclusion, Cousin Sudie commenced rocking violently in her chair. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z What an inconsequent piece of work is man, if the few years of earth are his all! The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z The quiet has been broken only by the sibilant song of the boiler, by desultory conversation and bursts of gunfire as spasmodic and inconsequent. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z He had never felt so unutterably bored with the inconsequent chatter of Rosie, nor more annoyed with May’s noisy performance on the piano. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z But the mind is an odd store-room, and many things dwell in it which the owner is powerless to eject—small, persistent, elusive thoughts which hide behind the lumber of inconsequent things. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z And then Athena had broken out into eager praise of Jane—eager, inconsequent praise. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z I content myself with suggesting that they who wish to learn how pretended reasoning may pass for solid argument, how inconsequent statements may pass for logic, had better study this lecture. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z This was one of the necessities of her conversion; they must not prove agreeable any longer; it was inconsequent, untenable, that they should receive from her anything but a merely hypocritic courtesy. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Her senses had been shocked keenly alive at the moment: she had even noted—as in tense crises one notes inconsequent trifles—the ring on his finger with its curious, square green stone. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Their mother might say inconsequent things in her purring fashion, but only Rhoda Polly was allowed to stand up to their Old Man. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z I believe you gave up your place at the dam and took hold with daddy more to show me what an inconsequent little idiot I was than for any other reason. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z It was the inconsequent laugh which is merely an audible expression and possesses no meaning. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z What would become of her twenty years hence—so pretty, so charming, so inconsequent? Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z Finally the cover attempt at decoration had resulted in a grotesque combination of incompatible colors and inconsequent forms. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z And one conclusion was invariably arrived at, albeit the avenues of talk by which it was reached were as tortuous and inconsequent as could well be. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z So that we must cease to think of any supernatural incident as irrelevant or inconsequent, even if it means nothing to ourselves. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z Then she did a strange—and in view of her former meditations—an utterly inconsequent thing. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z As is very often the case in such matters, one apparently inconsequent remark of his haunted me more than anything else that had fallen from his lips. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z From time to time they emerged, singly or in small parties, and wreaked a wild and often quite inconsequent revenge. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z He was not in the best of spirits, for the drink was dying out of him; but his garrulous, inconsequent talk amused me mightily. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Perhaps the following illustration will help us to understand these inconsequent manifestations a little better. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z And he looks “quite at home;” as cool, careless, and inconsequent as on the day when, in that same room, he had accepted with reluctance his commission for the masquerade. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z "And what did he say?" continued Gabriel, still ruefully, for to him, as to most simple, serious natures devoid of any sense of humour, all this inconsequent hilarity looked suspicious. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Two additions, varying in length and height, provided as many sharp gables, and gave it the inconsequent charm of the unexpected. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Which was quite illogical and inconsequent—but there you are. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z A moment afterwards she recovered herself and was handing him a cup of tea with some inconsequent remark. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z That evening, Vernet and Stanhope,—the former grave, courteous, and attentive; the latter cool, careless, and inconsequent as usual,—sat listening to the story of Arthur Pearson’s mysterious death, told with all its details. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z And the inconsequent nonsense sent him off into untimely laughter, louder and more uproarious than ever, quite a virile guffaw. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z I believe, as a nation, we are the greatest humbugs in Europe; and, without intending it, the most illogical and inconsequent people the world ever saw. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z He was careless and inconsequent, but they had been friends for a long time and she liked him. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z He shook his head, and called himself a fool for allowing his mind to wander to inconsequent things. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Daphne, at times irrelevant, inconsequent, prejudiced, whimsical, perverse, was an idealist and a business woman. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z "Manxman-like, he's a dog after the fair, and away from Peel to-night," bawled Kinvig, indicating the subject of his inconsequent remarks by a contemptuous lurch of his hand over his shoulder. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z The Deemster set down his hat and cane, and looked up with a cold, mute stare in answer to his brother's inconsequent questions. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Your funny flat-boat careens about in the most eccentric and inconsequent manner; the spray envelops you; it all looks very dangerous, and is not in the least. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z But the later portion of the play, containing the intrigues for their rescue and the final achievement of their deliverance, is both too involved and too inconsequent for a really tragic effect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z On the other hand, he was not a great artist; his plots, though usually bustling, are often improbable; his character-drawing is constantly fickle and inconsequent. Philip Massinger 2011-02-25T03:01:15.270Z So, as Dorcas obeyed her mother and left the room, the detective listened to the chatter of the two women, and from the volume of inconsequent talk he gleaned much of interest. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Then she told him the tangled, inconsequent tale, the coroner's announcement, Kerry's vision, her own strange dream-state, and all she had seen in it. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z His behaviour became more and more perplexing, and his actions almost invariably baseless and inconsequent. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Even Stephen and Henry III. had been active and bustling princes, though their actions were misguided and inconsequent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Outside an anxious voice was heard muttering a string of inconsequent and wholly superfluous "Whoa's!" Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Shallow and inconsequent he had thought the little creature, and yet she had snapped the thread of life with her own hand rather than wait for its slow fraying under abandonment and separation from him. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z The wind struck us quartering and muffled a shout to inconsequent syllables. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z "Isn't it odd how these perfectly inconsequent things bury themselves somewhere in the human brain, to rise up and sneak out some time when the bars happen to be left down," he speculated. Stranded in Arcady To fill up the gaps, we blustered and said the needless inconsequent things people always say when they face a long separation. Woman Michael enjoyed walking with her, for she rambled on with long tales of her past that seemed the inconsequent threads of a legendary Odyssey. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "Why—how many do you suppose?" and "Did you ever hear of such a thing?" filled the warm air, even as the frail, inconsequent little May-flies filled it. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z There is something very attractive in the last inconsequent remark! The Old English Herbals "As if the money, or anything else in this world, could make any difference to either of us now, Donald, dear!" she protested, with a fine scorn of such inconsequent things as fairy fortunes. Stranded in Arcady If there was "little sense," no continuity of meaning, there was usually significant suggestion; and social foibles were touched off with good-natured irony in a delightfully inconsequent fashion. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 In the other mood she was full of fantasy and inconsequent raillery. The Trembling of the Veil Her mind drifted dizzily through shapeless and inconsequent visions of the past. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play The deputy nodded curtly; but his answer was inconsequent: “Rather in the brunette line—that bit of tangible evidence!” Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus And during the meal itself, the same air of inconsequent gaiety was maintained in her regard, for she sat between Serracauld and his uncle. The Gambler A Novel They often spent their Sundays thus; with their wonted inconsequent abruptness one would say to the other on Saturday evening, 'I'm tired of Naples. The Furnace They were all at high tension, and the talk leaped from jest to protest, and back to laughter again, agile and inconsequent. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop All he could do then was to begin to stammer inconsequent but grateful protests which Aunt Sarah stopped at once with masterful insistence. A Traitor's Wooing The fantastic framework and inconsequent scenes of these wonder-stories mask from the popular view the qualities which give them their superlative rank and enduring charm. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Deerehurst, still standing close beside her, saw the expression of her face, saw the careless—the almost inconsequent—air with which she accepted her spoils; and, noting both, he touched her arm. The Gambler A Novel But they were not her doing—they were Owen's; and Owen, inconsequent and even extravagant, was unlike anything she had ever seen him before. The Spoils of Poynton The actors seem scarcely to be men and women, but such puppets as dance on electric machines, of movements too swift and sudden for human beings, too reckless, eccentric, and apparently inconsequent for moral beings. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 The little horse had been bravely doing his work, carrying his inconsequent burdens as they listed, while she had been losing herself in protests. Ewing\\'s Lady Reviewing the events of the day before, she flushed to think of the inconsequent manner in which she had announced the fact of her understanding with Jim Blair. An Unknown Lover She lifted her head, met Serracauld's searching glance, and echoed his inconsequent laugh. The Gambler A Novel It took the form of an inconsequent question. The Spoils of Poynton The boy’s inconsequent chatter had given another turn to the knife. A Veldt Vendetta Cassandra clasped her hands behind her back and strolled to and fro, thinking the many and inconsequent thoughts that come to a woman in such hours. Lady Cassandra The summer sun sends a peremptory summons to every patch of omnibus, red or blue, to every scrap of harness, to all the broken, inconsequent accents, all equal, all divided, and all leaping to light. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure The remark was inconsequent, in that it came on top of nothing at all. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland "The most—what shall I call it?—inconsequent woman I ever met, mixing up things the most dissimilar together, and never dwelling for an instant on anything." The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly It would appear that woman is unconcentrated and inconsequent only where she has not been properly educated, and this has a profound bearing on her future development. The Intelligence of Woman Like a devotee, she watched Mrs. North's quick, graceful movements, her vivid, changeful face; like a devotee she listened to her sparkling, inconsequent chatter. The Torch Bearer Save for the furious inconsequent and almost purposeless fighting that was still raging far off to the left round Hougomont, the battle ceased. Waterloo There were times when it haunted him with a ghostlike horror, and under its influence he would embark in some mad and dare-devil undertaking, utterly inconsequent because utterly without rhyme, reason, or necessity. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Electra, to her surprise, said an inconsequent thing. Rose MacLeod Hodson did not guess the thought that prompted this apparently inconsequent statement. Barclay of the Guides "Oh, how are you?" she asked, with that same inconsequent air, her hand held out to him at a high angle. The "Genius" On the one hand we have the Darwinism of Darwin freed from inconsequent additions and formulated as orthodox “neo-Darwinism”; on the other hand we have heterodox Lamarckism. Naturalism And Religion Now, after an interval of silence, came the above inconsequent one. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland In such a mental condition, it may well be supposed that his writings are mysterious, inconsequent and diffuse. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition What is the true cause of this hubbub of inconsequent words and contradictory actions? Pot-Boilers There were a few conversations, but they were merely gay, inconsequent make-believe talks, in which Suzanne saw Eugene as one who was forever happy. The "Genius" Nevertheless, trivial, inconsequent interviews between one in my position and those of my—my corps of assistants who may so far forget themselves as to seek them, must always be deplored. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon Genuine ghost stories are generally abrupt and inconsequent in the extreme, but on this very account all the more impressive. Four Ghost Stories Something—some dim memory—that had stirred his brain in sleep, immediately rushed to his lips in the form of an inconsequent question. Jimbo A Fantasy Truly, he is always unexpected, and as often as not superficially inconsequent. Pot-Boilers But restless and inconsequent despite all his virtues, the poet must needs return to Ferrara to bask in the presence of his beloved Leonora, with the dire and undignified result that all the world knows. The Naples Riviera His mother went on in her weak, inconsequent way, yet her foolish praise was very sweet to him. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart In real life the adventures are scanty, and for most of us existence moves on in a commonplace and inconsequent way. The Thread of Gold A God who gives you an intellect which grasps after eternity, and is always saying on the summit of any endeavor achieved, “What next?” and yet is limited to a few inconsequent years. Christ, Christianity and the Bible Punishments would have been very frequent, if her father's rather spasmodic and inconsequent kindness had not stepped in to save her. Angelot A Story of the First Empire She spoke with a kindness that had the strange property of striking him as inconsequent—so much, and doubtless so unjustly, had all her clearness been an implication of the hard. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Kate was gently rocking herself, listening to the light-hearted inconsequent talk of these two. The Law-Breakers They were talking, too, in an odd, inconsequent, chirping kind of way, not listening to each other; and moreover they were strangely adorned. The Thread of Gold And yet she was so essentially the same Fay, tender and loving and inconsequent, and full of pretty cares for Jan's comfort. Jan and Her Job She lay against the padded back of the car and chattered in an inconsequent fashion that was oddly amusing. Changing Winds A Novel With no unseemly outbreak––with but an inconsequent ahem and a flirt of his handkerchief over his lips––he returned to his composure. The Cruise of the Shining Light On one occasion Helen ventured to remark upon it in her inconsequent fashion, a fashion often used to disguise her real feelings, her real interest. The Law-Breakers His apparently colorless personality drifted on in precisely the same amiable, inconsequent manner. The Twins of Suffering Creek The loud, harsh laugh, accompanying inconsequent jests and jibes, it was good to hear. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills "My God! can that be possible?" was the inconsequent answer, and his hand went up to his head as if the organs of thought were for the moment disordered. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Of these advantages Mr. Hazard knows how to avail himself, and shows not a little acuteness in exposing the untenable positions and the inconsequent reasoning of the New-England dialectician. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Marian certainly did little to save it, and nothing indeed was so inconsequent as her ground of complaint. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 She resists the temptation, however, and presents the ball to Tara with a somewhat inconsequent "Tankou!" Lotus Buds Bronzed, bearded, corduroy-clothed, cigarette-smoking,––for cigars fifty miles from a railroad are a curiosity,––as the seasons are dissimilar, so was he unlike his former inconsequent self. A Breath of Prairie and other stories My little girl, I wish I could make you see how trivial, how inconsequent such things are. Polly of Lady Gay Cottage It was the face of a child under a mass of gray hair, and its expression strangely vacant and inconsequent. Dorothy's House Party They had walked for the most part in silence, interrupted by the vague, inconsequent, and rather gruff remarks, that are the symbols of equal friendship. Beside Still Waters Because of this inconsequent opera, Balfe was given the cross of the Legion of Honour from Napoleon III., and was made Commander of the Order of Carlos III. by the regent of Spain. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces She now had to the full the opportunity of studying those types of Spanish ladies and gentlemen whose gay, inconsequent chatter she has so brilliantly reproduced in her novels dealing with high life. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 "Surely you are in luck, Madam Wetherill," said bright, inconsequent Sally Stuart. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia The inconsequent, lazy and thriftless life of the criminal demands some sort of stimulant, and this is found readily at hand in alcohol. A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science But the arguments engendered were flimsy, inconsequent, and fantastic enough; the dialectic flashed to and fro, never very convincing, and mostly intended to aggravate rather than to persuade. Beside Still Waters Questioned as to plans for the future—inasmuch as a marriage did not seem inconsequent under the circumstances—Sally became enigmatical. Somehow Good Vespasian found his master in one of his rare inconsequent moods, talking nonsense with provoking persistence and exercising his wits in teasing everyone who came in his way. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker The sweet high voice and the inconsequent childish laugh came upon Rallywood with a slight shock. A Modern Mercenary Why, then, these inconsequent and these irritating denunciations? Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject He was as inconsequent as a child that resents an injury, but can be diverted from the recollection of it by anything interesting, only to return to its grievance, however, the moment the interest fails. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Before that moment my mind was in a state of anarchy in which meaningless sensations rioted, and if thought existed, it was so vague and inconsequent, it cannot be made a part of discourse. The World I Live In Beside the river rose an isolated plateau—abrupt, inconsequent, and, like all things else in the tawny landscape, unsoftened by a blade of living green. Captain Desmond, V.C. The men listened to the frivolous, inconsequent gossip of the girl, now thousands of miles away from them, with a seriousness, a delighted happiness that nothing else in their lives could have afforded them. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies And then there were certain natures to whom the trifle was epical; to whom the inconsequent was invariably magnified nine diameters; and having made a mistake, would die rather than admit it. The Pagan Madonna In the most exquisitely inconsequent of the Bab Ballads, we are told concerning Pasha Bailey Ben:— One morning knocked at half-past eight A tall Red Indian at his gate. What I Saw in America And there had been a wonderful visit to her mother’s country and her mother’s people, when for a summer she had rejoiced in the friendly, inconsequent, out-of-door life of a Massachusetts’ seaside colony. The White Mice George, apparently in the best of spirits, wrote as he always did, in a boyish, inconsequent fashion. The Explorer She generally had some cheery, inconsequent remark to pass. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies A hand pressure, a few inconsequent phrases, that is always enough for two strong characters in the hour of reconciliation. The Pagan Madonna As the story wriggles its inconsequent length, the author curses through the mouths of his heroes. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study “And that reminds me of the time we came so near crossing together,” he broke out, diverting the subject in his inconsequent fashion. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 His remark was so inconsequent that Lucy found nothing to say. The Explorer She had chattered away the whole time in her light-hearted, inconsequent fashion, and at last asked him a question to which she required more than a nod of the head in reply. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies That day I had been telling her some splendid inconsequent dream of mine. Friendship Village Few words were spoken, save inconsequent remarks now and then on some passing sail. A Pirate of Parts To state that one is young does not necessarily imply youth; for youth is something that is truly green and tender, not rounded out, aimless, light-hearted and desultory, charming and inconsequent. The Place of Honeymoons For Halley's attentions to Natalie had been so marked, the plainly inconsequent mention of him in this matter did not strike me. The Crack of Doom Billy returned as young, as inconsequent, as irrepressible as ever. The Mistress of Shenstone Faltering, feeble, sometimes apparently inconsequent, they appear nevertheless prophetic, touched with the dignity of Eternal truths. Tongues of Conscience Now and then she could hardly see the buggy and she was glad of his cheery laugh and the somewhat inconsequent remarks he flung back to her when the haze of driving flakes grew thicker. Prescott of Saskatchewan Those who love the most Do not talk of their love; Francesca, Guenevere, Dierdre, Iseult, Heloise In the fragrant gardens of heaven Are silent, or speak, if at all, Of fragile, inconsequent things. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany Patty fluttered around the house in a sort of inconsequent delight. Patty's Summer Days But Myra was so charmingly inconsequent and impulsive in her actions. The Mistress of Shenstone Both armies having swept through it, Delisleville wore in those days an aspect differing greatly from its old air of hospitable well-being and inconsequent good spirits and good cheer. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim That he was barely able to support himself, and scarcely possessed a presentable suit of clothes, was to their minds the most inconsequent of trifles. Vagabondia 1884 This woman had made no inconsequent boast when she told her father that if deadly blows fell, they must fall first upon herself. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 All the things I had ever believed in seemed to have fallen far, far below me, tiny and inconsequent. The Other Side of the Door His present opposition to the former is either a renunciation of the latter or an untenable and inconsequent position. Freedom in Science and Teaching. from the German of Ernst Haeckel She was never gay or inconsequent or young. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim The book is diffuse and inconsequent, but it contains many shrewd observations with respect to physiognomy and has had no little influence on popular opinion in this matter. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science He had caught fire at once, in his usual inconsequent, self-secure style. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 Somehow at these moments, between sleeping and waking, I had an inconsequent sense that they were a part of the French novel. A London Life and Other Tales The baby was smiling in that inconsequent and yet fascinating way which babies of a certain age adopt. A Big Temptation His bewildered brain was expressing itself in an inconsequent sort of way. The Day of Judgment The pictured scene, with its superfluity of accessories, is grotesque enough; but the poetic scenery, inconsequent and yet vivid as a dream, awakens, and fulfills the imagination. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 It was one of the privileges of this inconsequent nature never to retain impressions for any length of time. Jack 1877 This is distinguished from the merely sensuous, as represented sometimes in Berlioz, Goldmark, Gounod, and the like; and the fantastic, inconsequent, and irresponsible, as represented, for instance, in Richard Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegel." The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations What a madly inconsequent jumble it all was! A Son of the Immortals Hereupon Bentley, in his usual easy, inconsequent fashion, fell into conversation with them, but as for me, having bowed in acknowledgment of their boisterous salutation, I relapsed once more into gloomy thought. The Honourable Mr. Tawnish Gussie brought out cake and milk and chatted to us while we ate, in an inconsequent girlish way, or fed bits of cake to a green-eyed goblin in the likeness of a black cat. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 Moronval finally concluded that a creature so inconsequent must be dazzled, not led. Jack 1877 A woman would instantly have noticed the beauty of her sables, but I was a man to whom such details were inconsequent. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) Almost his only concession to the groundlings is the star-gazing episode of Lady Froth and Brisk: a mistake, because it spoils her inconsequent folly, but a small matter. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] A gift of inconsequent chatter is by no means without its place in the world, although we may prefer that others should supply the commodity. The King's Mirror Almost as beings from another world, they passed through the noisy throng, so utterly inconsequent, so absolutely ignorant and careless. No Man's Land It was to her inconsequent nature and Bohemian instincts a renewal of the excitement of her old life. Jack 1877 After they had left him, he turned to the window, feeling that the dreariness without and within was a very transitory and inconsequent thing. A Venetian June Nevertheless, this would be a very inconsequent assumption. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Mrs Asplin had a book in her hand, in which from time to time she jotted down notes of a curious and inconsequent character. About Peggy Saville Gabriel as usual diffuse and inconsequent in his work. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers The rest of their conversation was inconsequent and desultory, alluding evidently to some project which they had fully discussed before. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective This home truth silenced the captain for the moment, but the next instant he startled us all with an utterly inconsequent question, having no reference to what he had before been speaking of. The Island Treasure The later Simpson thought it, as we have seen, a history of the Gypsies, and he has furnished it with an Introduction and a Disquisition of amusingly pompous and inconsequent nature. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 I cannot praise too warmly the delightfully fantastic and inconsequent humour of the first half of the play. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-07 You see—you see, I'm not strong yet, and my mind rambled around in an inconsequent sort of way. I've Married Marjorie Her eyes opened, but she was of an amiable, inconsequent disposition and let me have my way without too much opposition. The Hermit Of ——— Street 1898 A feeble and inconsequent way of doing things, no doubt. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 The villainies of the Bába Yagá, an old witch of terrific resourcefulness, and the oddly inconsequent animal stories should make particular appeal. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 5, 1916 No one thing now seemed more inconsequent than another, and Cornelia answered, with a catching of her breath, but as if it quite followed, "Why, certainly," and they both sat down again. The Coast of Bohemia If Miss Holland knew what a flighty, inconsequent infant you are, she wouldn't waste a thought on you, let alone a whole evening. An American Suffragette From where I stood I could catch no sight of any habitation, but just at that moment a low, somewhat inconsequent laugh fell upon my ears. A Master of Mysteries The folds of the skirt, cut in the fashion of a by-gone day, offered ample accommodation for bustle and steels, and in the absence of these props the gown had a collapsed, inconsequent air. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Seeing a stranger before her, Miss Huckins looked her over carefully from head to foot, while Josie smiled a vacuous, inconsequent smile and said in a perfunctory way: "Good morning." Mary Louise in the Country It was only an inconsequent incident, and a moment later both had forgotten it. The Lure of the Mask Stella, raised her head, looked at the simple, inconsequent, little doll-faced blonde and with an odd smile said: "Well, I could hardly have called him a boy." Peggy Stewart at School Lady Grace, turning away as in vague despair for the manner in which the music might affect him, yet wheeled about again, after thought, to a positive recognition and even to quite an inconsequent pride. The Outcry Being, as it were, ourselves the angels we had only a limited quarrel in each case with the event; but its inconsequent character, given the forces set in motion, was peculiarly baffling. Embarrassments "I've known you since you were five," he said, with inconsequent pathos. Salthaven Yet this conclusion of the intellect did not prevent the pain of pity and compunction, nor an inconsequent sense of guilt. The Daughters of Danaus At last: "Nothing will help us; I don't think we are very happy," she answered, while her strange, ironical, inconsequent smile played about her beautiful lips. Georgina's Reasons A little inconsequent, perhaps at times, but always amenable to reason, when put into a corner, and full of the glad, laughter of youth. April's Lady A Novel On my faith, thou hast said, however, things no less inconsiderate, no less inconsequent, no less unwise; and this very thing must be said and proved, to make thy argument of any value. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Memory is sporadic; memory is capricious; memory is inconsequent, sometimes forgetting the large thing to record the little. On the Stairs The unutterable loveliness brought, for a second, a strange, inconsequent sense of peace; it seemed like a promise and a message from an unknown god. The Daughters of Danaus I say, Val,” he added in a strange, inconsequent way, as if rather ashamed of his recklessness, “that was rather near—wasn’t it?” Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer And besides, it is you who are inconsequent. April's Lady A Novel Instead, she prattled on about a dozen inconsequent topics, and finally suggested a drive in the Park before dinner. Flaming June After the first quick glance his sister averted her eyes, as from something sacred, and poured out a flood of rapid, inconsequent talk to the new-comer. More About Peggy But her sense of the comic in her companion’s tactics survived, and set her off in an apparently inconsequent laugh, which goaded Lady Engleton into retreating further, to an encampment of pure orthodoxy. The Daughters of Danaus The nonchalant or incredulous or impish way in which the children receive these reproofs only confirms the suspicion that such scenes have been frequent, and the discipline attending them has been inconsequent. Etiquette The swift transitions from the tremendous 'Barbara' to the inconsequent 'Baby' takes but an instant, and exactly expresses you. April's Lady A Novel Madame had declared in her charming, inconsequent fashion as she fluttered away. Flaming June It was amazing, it was almost frightening, the fluid, unstable quality of life; the rapid, inconsequent changes; yet it was also this very quality of transformation that most stirred and delighted her. The Coast of Chance By all means," assented Colonel Kenton with inconsequent courtliness, "think it over. A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories But it is suicidal, reckless, to allow convoys to meander about the veldt in this inconsequent manner. On the Heels of De Wet He is as cheerful and as inconsequent as ever, and his plans for the future seem to me, although I am not a practical woman of business, more sketchy than well defined. White Ashes Then she startled him with one of her direct, inconsequent questions. The Great Amulet There were many sound and sensible reasons why she should, and only two or three rather inconsequent ones why she should not. Jane Journeys On Why should they do everything so inconsequent, so improbable, so preposterous? The Tragic Muse He paused and asked with sudden inconsequent heartiness, "Well, and how did you get along, you two?" The Mayor of Troy Her pleading, her attitude, her pathetic gestures, gave extraordinary force to an appeal which, by contrast with her extreme agitation, was almost grotesquely inconsequent. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York One place is as good as another, just so it is inconsequent enough. The Price So their churches present a series of continual and often inconsequent experiments in the treatment and proportion of every storey, particularly of the triforium, and in compromise between vertical and horizontal tendencies. The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See No one who has ever read The Purgatorio or The Holy War could have patience with the shapeless and inconsequent Mansions. Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings The young woman breezed on to another subject in the light, inconsequent fashion she had, and presently deserted Yeager to meet the badinage of an extra sitting at an adjoining table. Steve Yeager It is curious how in English embroideries there has always been a predilection on the part of the designers for interlacing stems, and for the inconsequent introduction of birds and beasts. Jacobean Embroidery Its Forms and Fillings Including Late Tudor On this day, their conversation was earnest and active, but inconsequent. The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76 He found it difficult to form any picture of her here, among these gay, inconsequent merry-makers. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch Miss Lillie Ravenel is as charming as her adored papa, and is never less nor more than a bright, lovable, good, constant, inconsequent woman. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. We do not doubt her truth and good faith; but we confess ourselves puzzled with the contradictory and inconsequent phenomena of modern spiritualism. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Magdalen saw again in memory the poor pretty apathetic mother who had taken so long to die; a grey-haired Fay, timid as the present Fay, unwise, inconsequent, blind as Fay, feebly unselfish, as alas! Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron She is, in reality, very much the sort of woman you like, what is called, I believe, "a Woman's Woman," very humorous, inconsequent and sympathetic and defiled with no offensive exuberance of good health. Gilbert Keith Chesterton The room was aglow with flickering firelight, and out of the glow a high voice came—a cheery, inconsequent voice. The Swindler and Other Stories An eternal Being exists by Himself; this Being cannot be either wicked or inconsequent. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Certain inconsequent things we do or avoid doing. Parrot & Co. The lines are inconsequent, and the limbs do not yet show the muscles on which plastic art can usually depend. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres "I shall sit down," he said; "I feel I could be inconsequent much better if I sat down to it; that is no doubt because I am past my first youth." The Good Comrade Cynthia Mortimer could be charmingly inconsequent when she chose. The Swindler and Other Stories I have two hands and two feet, as much pride as you, nay more, a mind as disordered, at least, as inconsequent, as contradictory as yours. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Ellen repeated in her gentle wail as plaintively inconsequent as the note of a bird, and would say no more. The Portion of Labor "Let us go back and listen again at her door," was Mr. Ransom's emphatic but inconsequent reply. The Chief Legatee Then she was so inconsequent as not to make a proper will—thus it is that this creature gets everything, and I nothing! Red Hair The older one grows, the less one wonders at the sudden, inconsequent turns which an apparently reasonable person will make in a line of conduct. The Jamesons She heard the song of the pine over her head, and it seemed to increase her apparently inconsequent grief. By the Light of the Soul A Novel At times, of course, there were ebullitions of youthful spirit, and the child was as inconsequent as a kitten. The Portion of Labor I'm wandering, but then I'm Lady Lazy this summer, as The Man from Everywhere calls me, and naturally a bit inconsequent! The Garden, You, and I This pitiful necessity we are under, upon social occasions, to say something—however inconsequent—is, I am assured, the very degradation of speech. Certain Personal Matters He may be trivial, inconsequent, irrelevant, absurd; but he never wearies. Adventures in Criticism He had had the worst shock of his inconsequent life when, in reply to that urgent summons, he had raced round to Cynthia Farrow's flat, and found that he was too late. The Second Honeymoon Suddenly Andrew Brewster, with a fiery outburst of inconsequent masculine wrath with the whole situation, essayed to cut the Gordian knot. The Portion of Labor Without doubt this fair demoiselle was about to join the festivities of some shop-girls' masquerade, where money and pedigree are inconsequent things, and where everybody is either a "loidy" or a "gent." Hearts and Masks By the light of his flash Clay discovered the man to be a chalk-faced little inconsequent. The Big-Town Round-Up While we may thus gain a staccato smartness, a jerky and inconsequent brilliancy, do we not lose something of the natural woman and the delicious heartiness, spontaneous wit and instinctive wisdom of her? The Young Man and the World It was foolish of me to withhold it—foolish and inconsequent. The Survivor Have you ever read that most enchanting book of Celtic mysticism, inconsequent whimsey and profound symbolism—"The Crock of Gold"—by one James Stevens? Greenwich Village Some readers, when they happen to see a puzzle represented on a chessboard with chess pieces, are apt to make the equally inconsequent remark, "I have no use for it: I do not play chess." Amusements in Mathematics "I fear everything," she replied, with inconsequent vehemence. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot There came a light, inconsequent laugh; sharply he turned. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories On such inconsequent pivots fate, or accident, twirls the most momentous affairs of life. The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush And the heavenly, inconsequent, infectious, absurd gaiety of it! Greenwich Village Harry's inconsequent, thoughtless ways would have worried and tried some women to the uttermost, for he was frequently less thoughtful and less helpful than he should have been. The Measure of a Man To Panurge, therefore, it was unnecessary and it might have seemed inconsequent to attribute other gifts or functions than are proper to such intelligence as may accompany the appetites of an animal. A Study of Shakespeare Such he was who stood listening, with an appearance of interest unusual in him, to our otherwise inconsequent chat. Stories of Mystery The dog, all alert, bounded off a little way and returned again with an inconsequent lightness in tail and eye. What Necessity Knows A woman's laugh, high, inconsequent, rang through the great coffee-room, and all but one looked towards the corner whence it proceeded. The Odds And Other Stories Likewise the 'battalion' of the inconsequent doughboy has for our behoof been supplanted by the more formidable word 'squadron,' to show that we are de jure as well as de facto men of war. "Forward, March" A Tale of the Spanish-American War She was just a female arab—an arab plus an accomplishment—bright, quick and inconsequent as a sparrow, and reeking of the streets and gutters, which had been her nursery. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Sad as he was, he could almost have laughed at the old man's inconsequent speeches. Marietta A Maid of Venice Every small and inconsequent jetty had its fringe of black. A Man's Woman She was in her gayest, most inconsequent mood. The Odds And Other Stories It was a very inconsequent objection to make, and Mr. Lindsay simply ignored it. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel Somehow that inconsequent small tendril roused in Billy a thrill of absurd tenderness and delight.... The Palace of Darkened Windows The Chevalier, even with his inconsequent knowledge of the tongue, caught the meaning of some of the words. The Grey Cloak Many instances might also be given of strange and inconsequent reasoning; but I shall only adduce the following. The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old Besides," she added, with inconsequent optimism, "anything may happen before then. The Odds And Other Stories She, the inconsequent fair, who had herself been captivated by the driver of that very wagon, a gay blade directing his steed with a flourish! Bunker Bean "Besides," he said, with an inconsequent effort, "as to the queer things men do, men are natural animals all the world over." Married Life The True Romance But in this moment she remembered her little and perfectly inconsequent attentions toward this man, and seeing them from his viewpoint she readily forgave him. A Splendid Hazard Thoughts of that kind are not the best medicine for sleeplessness, and it was long after midnight before Mrs. Singleton Corey drifted insensibly from heartsick reflections into the inconsequent imaginings of dreams. The Lookout Man There was a deadness of atmosphere between those rocky walls that struck chill even to Adela's inconsequent soul. The Odds And Other Stories The spinster did not ask if the mother lived; the question was inconsequent. The Ragged Edge Further, the Ontario mind was under the sway of that singular misconception, so common to Britishers, that a Frenchman by temperament is gay, romantic, inconsequent, with few reserves of will and perseverance. Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics The talk that followed was inconsequent and rambling. The Spinners It was no small mark of superiority to be less ignorant and gross than England, less488 brutal and stolid than Germany, less rapacious than Switzerland, less cruel than Spain, less vain and inconsequent than France. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots He turned to the job of feeding his horse, and Dot, after a few inconsequent remarks, sauntered away in the direction of the barn, "to be alone with herself," as she put it. The Odds And Other Stories The third time she escaped she reached the inconsequent barricade of the overturned table. The Ragged Edge He rarely replied to her flat remarks, her inconsequent platitudes, her yawns and quite transparent signals that it was time for the visitor to go. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement "It's all very dreadful and very disagreeable," said Lady Garvington in her weak and inconsequent way. Red Money For the rest of his time with her, he was gay and inconsequent. The Keeper of the Door They have a way of enveloping themselves in an air of importance and mystery, and when they don't do so, they're casual and inconsequent. Ranching for Sylvia This seemed a little inconsequent, but I told him I had not yet been to Nikko. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People We hope our readers can grasp the continuity of Dorothy's mental processes, for her verbal ones were rather inconsequent. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him "That's your beastly America, where everything goes by freaks—where everything is queer and inconsequent and tortuous, and you can't pin any one down." The Street Called Straight There were cries, sounding far away, inconsequent to us still standing. The Way of a Man "You've had a wet tramp of it," was all she found to reply, though aware that the speech was inconsequent and trivial. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales If it be reduced to its lowest terms, the plot of Frankenstein, with its bewildering confusion of the prosaic and the fantastic, sounds as crude, disjointed and inconsequent as that of a nightmare. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance But when you've won her for a wife, And ante-nuptial glamour dies, What food for matrimonial strife Her crass inconsequent replies. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891 She threw back her head and laughed—laughed until her old inconsequent self was restored to power. Max What under heaven does the inconsequent sex know of reward? V. V.'s Eyes He was no longer the light-hearted, inconsequent youth she had known on board the ship. Nedra Interspersed with this somewhat inconsequent story are the adventures of Eloise, who is first introduced on her return home, disconsolate, to a ruined abbey. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance Toby gulped down her distress, was silent for a moment or two, then suddenly smiled upon him—a sunny inconsequent smile. Charles Rex It was over—the little encounter; she moved into the dark hallway as light, as joyous, as inconsequent as a bird. Max "I don't know nothing about it, miss," she stubbornly declared at last, with an inconsequent absurdity which smote Marcella's pity afresh. Marcella Ah!" she all at once resumed in inconsequent fashion, "how I should like to have a pair of good shoes! A Love Episode It was an insignificant, inconsequent little ceremony in itself but it fired a train in David's mind, made for healing the wound in his heart and brought its consequences. Andrew the Glad Oh, the conceit of the man, who in this dark hour, when the English are dying on the battlefield, writes of "taking the conceit out of England" by a stroke of his inconsequent pen! New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index When it was over, and the bridge players were established on the veranda, he drifted off to the smoking-room in an aimless, inconsequent fashion, and his hostess and accomplice saw him no more. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories A curious ferment filled his restless, inconsequent brain. Marcella Mordaunt had never seen her so effervescent, so sublimely inconsequent, or so naïvely bewitching as she was throughout the meal. The Rocks of Valpre It did not seem quite fair that, for all that the world had denied her, it should withhold from her this inconsequent delight. Kindred of the Dust She had never seen him so cheery and inconsequent. Greatheart My mind was a terrible tangle of combinations nevertheless—intricate, incongruous, inconsequent, monstrous; but still I plodded on. Across China on Foot She found strength to read the whole article, almost intelligently, though at times her mind would wander to inconsequent things, and the beat of her own heart seemed to deaden her understanding. Out of the Ashes Timothy's tongue was loosened by the understanding in the little girl's eyes and he poured out to her the wise foolishness of his inconsequent and profound faëry lore. Hillsboro People He is at home in the mysteries of their play and in the inconsequent operations of their minds, in the golden haze of impressions in which they live. Emerson and Other Essays Very vivid, very graphic, full of sensibility, but inconsequent in some of the reasoning, it seemed to me, and rather flashy than full in the metaphysics. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) He was a strange, inconsequent mixture of courage and timidity. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns For now he would divert me to another topic and again bring me back to her, so that it all seemed the vagrancies of a boy's inconsequent chatter. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories He dissected the doctor’s rather inconsequent argument with a good deal of acuteness and wit. Cock Lane and Common-Sense She had forgotten how cheerily inconsequent Nick could be. The Way of an Eagle Well, if she was inconsequent, she was dear!—and if her mystical fancies comforted and sustained her, nobody should ever annoy or check her in the pursuit of them. Fenwick's Career "Distant Relations" was far more inconsequent, but it served to show our versatility, at any rate. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections We like something a little more gay and inconsequent. Father Payne It resembles the prose romances in being by nature discursive, episodic and inconsequent, and like not a few it remained unfinished. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England The discussion seemed to her inconsequent and unprofitable. The Way of an Eagle Certainly, there is no similarity between this and the superfluous action, the inconsequent movements determined by the working of a rule without a reason. Delsarte System of Oratory Yet the writer had known men physically inconsequent who possessed a fine strain of courage, loyalty, honor. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life Presently we fell into some casual talk, the inconsequent remarks common to chance acquaintance the world over. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India Those last words of the invisible ruffian seemed quite trivial and inconsequent; and yet they framed his death warrant. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta It was so like him, gay, cynical, epigrammatic, and inconsequent, that it cheered her. Ailsa Paige Like artillery wheeling into action came her inconsequent criticism, her eyes braving him at last, as bright as his guns, though flashing only tears. Kincaid's Battery Give me a God finer and greater and juster and nobler than myself—something higher than the Chaplain's jealous, capricious, inconsequent and illogical God. Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Then allow me to point out to you that you are inconsequent. Without Dogma Anything less than a World War would have appeared inconsequent, anti-climactic, to these two so closely concerned in the preliminary catastrophe, and yet so reticent that neither ever knew the other's wound. The Wrong Twin He was Rossetti's antithesis, and in himself as inconsequent as Rossetti was logical. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II He had enjoyed listening to Miss Bubbles' cheerful, inconsequent chatter. From out the Vasty Deep To me the question had such vital importance that I was determined that neither fraud nor the inconsequent nature of the pretended communications should dissuade me from the most thorough investigation possible. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I In future I will always be inconsequent when it suits me and makes me happier. Without Dogma Yet this very afternoon the inconsequent dotard had employed a telephone to summon his car to transport him to the links, and had denied even a glance of acknowledgment at the wonder floating above him. The Wrong Twin He saw them as shapes floating by in a dream, blurred and inconsequent. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West The whole paragraph which I have quoted is simply a series of inconsequent sentences, all quite untrue in themselves and all quite irrelevant to each other. All Things Considered And so abrupt, inconsequent, it sounded that she at first misunderstood. The Man Whom the Trees Loved At the worst, I might be called inconsequent. Without Dogma He was too inconsequent and easy going to command our confidence or to be of much assistance. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park After that all was dark confusion, with only here and there a detached, inconsequent memory of appalling vividness. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. The Devil's Dictionary I still have pretty clear, though rather fragmentary and inconsequent, recollections of our three summer excursions to the steppes of Samara. Reminiscences of Tolstoy I was inconsequent, too, when I, a sceptic, had a mass offered up for Leon and Aniela, and prayed like a child, and swallowed my tears like any fool. Without Dogma When I came back at last to the real Bladesover on an inconsequent visit, everything was far smaller than I could have supposed possible. Tono Bungay "Where do you come from?" she said, impulsive and inconsequent, in a passionate whisper. An Outcast of the Islands They were playing inconsequent games and breaking off in the middle of them like children looking for new pleasures. Gulliver of Mars But he had the next minute an inconsequent question. The Ambassadors He sat snapping his whip at the palm-trees above him, and smiled happily in an inconsequent and irritating manner at nothing. Soldiers of Fortune He still walked eastward, wandering into warehouse and shipping quarters skirting the river, hitherto quite unknown to him, and pursuing in an idle, inconsequent fashion his meditations. The Market-Place Miss Bart made this announcement in the tone of one who presents, with careless assurance, a complete vindication; but Mrs. Fisher received it in a manner almost inconsequent. House of Mirth Every evidence of feminine inconsequence in Anna seemed to attest her deeper subjection to the most inconsequent of passions. The Reef He thanked her hurriedly and nervously for the information, and made some inconsequent remark about the flowers. Beasts and Super-Beasts He was quite inconsequent and just rippled on, but was always ready to attack a careless thinker. The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke With which inconsequent remark he strode on into the house, followed by Gregson, whose features expressed his astonishment. A Study in Scarlet Her health was as inconsequent as her actions. A Pair of Blue Eyes He was still more perplexed, for this inconsequent smile made nothing clear, though it seemed to prove, indeed, that she had a sweetness and softness that reverted instinctively to the pardon of offenses. Daisy Miller The lady was the mother of his inconsequent model, so that this mysterious personage was probably herself not far off. Confidence "No, no," said Valentin, with a little inconsequent touch of family pride. The American The table-talk was inconsequent; Amber took a courteous and easy part in it without feeling that any strain was being put upon his intelligence. The Bronze Bell He wore the habiliments of a gentleman; even as he sat at his desk his well-cut coat and well-tied tie filled me with that inconsequent respect which the silk pyjamas had engendered in Raffles. Mr. Justice Raffles I pressed him for an explanation, and he finally furnished one in his rambling, inconsequent, fine old way. The Fortune Hunter Now it would really be hard to find a worse case of this inconsequent sentimentalism than the theory of the British Empire advanced by Mr. Roosevelt himself in his attack on Sentimentalists. Alarms and Discursions Whereat Letty burst into hysterical tears, and he soon found himself involved in all the remorseful, inconsequent speeches to which a man in such a plight feels himself driven. Sir George Tressady — Volume II He found an invalid father, a remarkably foolish, inconsequent mother, and a younger sister, Elsie, on whom, as it seemed to him, the burdens of the house mainly rested. Sir George Tressady — Volume I The elephant is quite a comely brute, Compared with Satan camel, — trunk and all, His floppy ears, and his inconsequent tail. Georgian Poetry 1913-15 It was certainly nettling to find his air of reserve and displeasure met with such inconsequent lightness. A Fair Barbarian She is rather a handful," wrote Mr. Wade to Tony Cornish, "and too inconsequent to let my mind be easy about her future. Roden's Corner The resurrection of his higher nature is like a new creation, secret, sudden, inconsequent. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 The róles were again reversed; for it was the woman who was tenacious to one purpose and the man who seemed inconsequent, flitting from grave to gay, from one thought to another. The Last Hope After having proved the existence of those whom the superstitious bigot, the heated theologian, the inconsequent theist, calls atheists, let us return to the calumnies which are so profusely showered upon them by the deicolists. The System of Nature, Volume 2 And the baroness, looking at that still face, laughed her gay little inconsequent laugh. The Isle of Unrest She spoke with a sort of inconsequent earnestness, a relic of the school-days she had so lately left behind. Roden's Corner Therefore there must be some influence at work, probably the same influence, under different forms, which urges women to those strange, inconsequent actions by which their lives are rendered miserable. From One Generation to Another For some moments he gossiped cheerfully of his new power-boat, Bannerman attending to the inconsequent details with an air of abstraction. The Brass Bowl The reading-clerk had sung his way through an inconsequent bill; most of the members were buried in newspapers, gossiping, idling, or smoking in the lobbies, when a loud, cracked voice was heard shrilly demanding recognition. In the Arena Stories of Political Life There's never any understanding women," Dr. Green said testily, "and your mother is a singularly inconsequent and weak specimen of her sex. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots He could have told with reasonable precision the inconsequent remarks which were to come; and the interruption which they made appealed to his sense of the ludicrous as strongly as it irritated many impatient members. The Philistines The sudden changes in her subtile voice, the under current of mockery in an invitation which seemed inconsequent, put me on my guard, reinforced all my deep-seated prejudices against the candor of the feminine soul. The Poems and Prose of Ernest Dowson With a memoir by Arthur Symons The roles were again reversed; for it was the woman who was tenacious to one purpose and the man who seemed inconsequent, flitting from grave to gay, from one thought to another. The Last Hope They have Miss Meadows; but she is young and absurdly inconsequent. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution He knew his cousin better than any in the Frauengasse had learnt to know this gay and inconsequent Frenchman. Barlasch of the Guard The woman he loved had chosen not him but handsome inconsequent Barry Craven and, for her choice, had reaped misery and loneliness. The Shadow of the East There is nothing of melodrama, nothing inconsequent, nothing exaggerated. Authors of Greece All these foolish and inconsequent comparisons, uttered thoughtlessly by Barron's lips while his mind was on his picture, seemed very fine to Joan; and the finer because she did not understand them. Lying Prophets "He admitted that he was inconsequent, but it would take ten generations to get used to the new conditions." Married That is why it is a simple matter to warm up to a grim battle, but not to an easy, inconsequent talk. Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore I can bring him round any time; and that's the whole inconsequent business. A Foregone Conclusion Presently she cut short his flow of inconsequent talk by remarking that her time was short, and inquiring if Miss Churton were in. Fan : the story of a young girl's life The fisherman listened patiently, but Mr. Chirgwin's inconsequent and sentimental conversation sounded as tinkling brass upon his ear. Lying Prophets Both fragments contain beautiful lines, but as a whole they are wandering, disjointed, inconsequent,—mere sketches, they seem, of some weird dream of mystery or terror which Coleridge is trying in vain to remember. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived He lashed the ponies again, so sharply that a murmur escaped her, and he drew them up, quivering, with an inconsequent "Steady, boys," at which their back-laid ears protested. Sanctuary All hot with self-contempt she lay back in the comfortably upholstered corner of the brougham, staring straight before her, sullen red mouth unresponsive to the occasional inconsequent questions of Grace Ferrall. The Fighting Chance Secrets hidden from his intemperate, insistent gaze must surely be inconsequent. Tropic Days If I did not think so I would not keep working—for the money that I make is inconsequent. My Life and Work While the female sits close, the male perches on top of the nest, occasionally beguiling the time by inconsequent repairs and petty squabbles with next door neighbours. My Tropic Isle I thought about the pastoral simplicity of the lives and character of the good people slumbering near me; and that inconsequent story of Anselmo's about Manuel and Pascuala caused me to laugh several times. The Purple Land What he had to say proved inconsequent enough, an irrelevant suggestion concerning the training of field-dogs for close covert work and the reasons for not breaking such dogs on quail. The Fighting Chance What would be the ending of a fray between two white men and many armed blacks, some of whom were aching under a prolonged, however inconsequent, grievance against a white family? Tropic Days After which he came straight over and, in the most inconsequent way in the world, clasped her in his arms a moment and rubbed his beard against her cheek. What Maisie Knew Throughout these frank and fundamental discourses one traces a predominant desire for a perfected inconsequent egotism. Mankind in the Making Her song was as inconsequent as those of the woodlarks, who, with their hurried ripple of notes and their vacillating flights, were as eager and as soon discouraged as she was herself. Gone to Earth His bearing, too, was so blankly impersonal that for a moment the whole thing appeared inconsequent. The Fighting Chance I myself balked, at first, at these inconsequent names. Are You a Bromide? The Sulphitic Theory Expounded and Exemplified According to the Most Recent Researches into the Psychology of Boredom Including Many Well-Known Bromidioms Now in Use "Ah they're mighty different things!"—a truth as to which her earnestness could now with a fine inconsequent look invite the participation of the child. What Maisie Knew I believe him to be an inconsequent being like myself—oh, much more learned, of course—and yet only upon the threshold of these wonders. Adventures in Contentment Happily a man's honor does not depend upon the inconsequent, malicious opinion of others. International Short Stories: French He had been gay and inconsequent, or fiercely passionate in his devotion to her. The Bars of Iron When away from her frivolous mother and the inconsequent home environments the girl was more unaffected and natural in her ways, and her faults were doubtless more the result of education than of natural tendency. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville He was a worthless, trifling "boy," an idling dreamer, an irresponsible, inconsequent visionary, in whose baseless fancies it was astounding that a woman of her years should fatuously place reliance. The Boss of Little Arcady Her hand came out through the flowers with an inconsequent, childish flourish of the fingers close by the grave face of Marcos. The Velvet Glove For the rest, we are quite weary of Mr. Laing, and are content to have shown that everywhere he is the same biassed, inconsequent, untrustworthy writer. The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) Her friend understood and came to her rescue with some inconsequent remark about poor Mumbles, who was still moaning and rubbing; his pinched nose against Patsy's chin to ease the pain. Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John As I peered out, there came to me a sudden, inconsequent memory of that last journey among the Outer worlds. The House on the Borderland To the end of his days he should be blithely, naïvely Greek; a dog of wretched field manners, pointing cattle and quail impartially, shamefully gun-shy, inconsequent, volatile, ignorant, forever paganly joyous without due cause. The Boss of Little Arcady People are strewn about like flowers, and the whole effect is airy and inconsequent. Pictures Every Child Should Know A Selection of the World's Art Masterpieces for Young People But they were like children with the passions of men, inconsequent, fickle, and wayward. Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV In the other mood she was full of phantasy and inconsequent raillery. Four Years You may be sure that Mr. Robert noted through his half-closed eyelids these inconsequent details. Man on the Box If that sounds inconsequent, or, at any rate, incomprehensible, may I not plead that so do the ineffable Mysteries of Life and Death. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography To confound the reasoning of the mature man, by pointing to what he did at twenty-two, is, I submit, irrelevant, immaterial, inconsequent, unrelated and uncalled for. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Yes, they were absurd, with the absurdity that belongs to youth—happy, light-hearted, inconsequent youth. Betty Wales, Sophomore It required a tremendous effort to concentrate upon his business affairs, and it took the genius of an actor to carry him through the inconsequent details of his every-day life without betrayal. The Net They were at no time misty nor inconsequent, but contained proof that he had reasoned out his idea. Charles Lamb Despite their ribald scoffing, he knew they were his friends: there was something about these careless, inconsequent knights of the sawdust ring, in spangles or out, that warmed the cockles of his sore, despairing heart. The Rose in the Ring "That is my desire," answered Morris; and quite clearly there rose up before him an inconsequent picture of his mother teaching him the Catechism many, many years ago. Stella Fregelius The visions of cats are curious things, no doubt, and few may guess their furry, silent pathways as they go winding along their length of inconsequent development. A Prisoner in Fairyland You think she is frivolous and inconsequent, that she has the brightness of a sunbeam and no more substance; but you are mistaken. The Net He was no longer the gay, whilom, inconsequent man about town. Her Weight in Gold With more or less noise and with a running fire of inconsequent comment, she rummaged among the trunks and boxes, gradually working her way to, ward the desk where Keith still sat. Dawn But then she was not a superior woman, she was only lovable and loving, and therefore restless and inconsequent. The Maid of Maiden Lane Until tea-time he had been as gay and lighthearted and inconsequent as ever. Winding Paths The whole plan, however, is inconsequent, as he has started an attack on the King's side. Chess Strategy Her shallowness soothed him; her inconsequent egotism helped him to forget himself. The Masquerader Then there were several witnesses who swore to inconsequent things, such as waiters at the Hotel Central, and the doctor who had examined Cortlandt. The Ne'er-Do-Well Nor is its existence casual and inconsequent, but it has a definite and purposeful strength, alike in its material and spiritual life. Concerning the Spiritual in Art With the inconsequent acceptance of youth, he took from her what an older man would have regarded a little shyly, and perhaps feared to take. Winding Paths He is all alert, charged to the full with nervous energy—free, careless, inconsequent, but absolutely irresistible. Confessions of a Beachcomber And Juliette—young, girlish, feminine and inconsequent—had sighed for country and sunshine, had longed for a ramble in the woods, the music of the birds, the sight of the meadows sugared with marguerites. I Will Repay She turned upon me in such a delightfully inconsequent fashion and demanded to know what I expected, and declared her husband was good enough for any woman. The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors And yet this inconsequent libertine did the following before my own eyes. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel His inconsequent babble at first frightened her, for she had never before seen a person in delirium, nor heard of the insistence with which one harps upon some fantasy seized upon by a diseased mind. A Texas Ranger Beautiful and frail, and inconsequent as they were, you envied them. Confessions of a Beachcomber Maggie is the dearest girl in the college," she said to herself; "the dearest, the sweetest, the prettiest, yet also the most tantalizing, the most provoking, the most inconsequent. A Sweet Girl Graduate But it is always these seemingly inconsequent things that bear the heaviest reckoning. Half a Rogue I really don't know which to admire the more: the inconsequent way in which the French toss about scholarship, or the marvellous power of assimilation possessed by Judith. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel I was able, too, to think over my schoolmastering experience; and the result was The Upton Letters, an inconsequent but I think lively book, also published anonymously and rather disregarded by reviewers. Escape, and Other Essays He is fair-minded, human, generous; it is true that he is enveloped with a strange awe and majesty; he moves in a mysterious way, and acts in a most inconsequent and unexpected manner. The Upton Letters I see a pair of cheerful young men, released from tubbing, execute a wild and inconsequent dance upon the water's edge; I see a solemn conference of deep import between a stroke and a coach. From a College Window I heard scraps of their talk, inconsequent names, accompanied with downright praise or blame, unintelligible exploits, happy nonsense. At Large Men were, after all, not wholly inconsequent; their attachment to Mary rested on an instinct of self-preservation. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres She was full of talk—spontaneous, inconsequent talk—like Jack; and yet with a vast difference. Watersprings Besides his enormous erudition, he had a great fund of sterling common sense, a deep and liberal piety, and a most inconsequent and, I must add, undignified sense of humour. The Upton Letters There follows a single, "Don't fret yourself!" as darkly inconsequent as the cry of revolt. Under Fire: the story of a squad The foreign policy of England has for many years been, according to the judgment now in vogue, inconsequent, fruitless, casual; aiming at no distinct pre-imagined end, based on no steadily pre-conceived principle. The English Constitution To what inconsequent polysyllabic question of his host did the guest return a monosyllabic negative answer? Ulysses The day was beginning to decline; and in an awkward silence, only broken by inconsequent remarks, the party descended the hill, regained the carriages, and drove off in mournful silence. Watersprings If my letters, as a rule, seem very inconsequent, remember that they are often written under pressure. The Upton Letters If Benis were married, then the bride could be no other than the nurse-secretary he had written about in that one inconsequent letter to which he, Rogers, had replied with unmistakable warning. The Window-Gazer It was affectionate and inconsequent like the writer. North and South She did, however, just yet, nothing inconsequent—though she couldn't immediately have said what saved her; and by the time she had neatly folded her telegram she was doing something merely needful. The Golden Bowl — Complete She did, however, just yet, nothing inconsequent— though she couldn't immediately have said what saved her; and by the time she had neatly folded her telegram she was doing something merely needful. The Golden Bowl — Volume 2 But it is only in such inconsequent moments that I allow myself to think thus slightingly of Latin Prose. The Upton Letters It might be rattle, and it might be inconsequent, but it was much pleasanter than hysterics. Nuttie's Father But now, without apparent reason, that which is called fate had suddenly accorded him that gracious and inconsequent attention which has forever decided the sex of this arbiter of human story. The Vultures All Europe appeared to be sitting, unknowingly or knowingly, upon a powder barrel which only needed some inconsequent hand to apply the match. A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict He was in his gayest, most inconsequent mood. The Rosary Baird's serious effort had turned out to be a wild, inconsequent farrago of the most painful nonsense. Merton of the Movies The arguments of her relatives seemed ponderous as opposed to her own inconsequent longing for escape from galling trammels. The Hand of Ethelberta Bertie was a great believer—if the words are not too sonorous and too earnest to be applied to his very inconsequent views upon any and everything—in the philosophy of happy accident. Under Two Flags As regards his subsequent journalistic career I can observe only that it has been unfortunate as inconsequent. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 Edits., is wholly inconsequent and has not the excuse of rhyme. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 Time was needed to create that world of painted shadows, so swift, so nicely consecutive when revealed, but so incoherent, so brokenly inconsequent, so meaningless in the recording. Merton of the Movies "And they say you are to be a priest," she added, which seemed to me a very foolish and inconsequent thing to add. 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 Involuntarily he started and stood still one instant in amaze; the next, he flung thought away and dashed into swift, inconsequent words. Under Two Flags She was only moderately fond of those inconsequent pleasures which make the life social. A Rebellious Heroine Of the beginnings of the Idaho camps there have trickled back into record only brief, inconsequent, and partial stories. The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West Hers seemed to him as inconsequent as the flight of a moth. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) All my suspicions are confirmed, down to the most inconsequent: the egg housed with a mass of putrefaction. The Mason-Bees A vague, inconsequent vision of her coming in some odd way to need it had intervened with the effect of a chill. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 We have seen that our young lady was inconsequent, and at this she suddenly changed her note. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1
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