| 单词 | inconstancy |
| 例句 | The words must have elicited from Poillon a knowing, if wry, smile; in the midst of his travails, Lawrence was looking ahead to the time when the cyclotron’s inconstancy would be merely a quaint memory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z For Darwin’s theory to work, heredity had to possess constancy and inconstancy, stability and mutation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z As she thought less of his inebriety, she thought more of his inconstancy and presumption; and with fewer struggles for politeness, replied, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Fiasco also coaxed an effervescent, youthful sweetness from the sour inconstancy of the lovers in “The Two Gentleman of Verona,” an early comedy. Review: Finding Serenity in a Tempest-Tossed ‘Twelfth Night’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z First, there is the contract with the donor, which, if broken, may seem a betrayal to some, and a sign of institutional inconstancy to others. Perspective | In light of Plácido Domingo’s fall, let’s rethink naming things after the rich and famous 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z One poem, for example, addresses love’s inconstancy: A woman once gave her lover bitter fruit and he called it sweet; now she gives him sweet water and he calls it brackish. Review: Finding the Heat in ‘Sacred Earth’ 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Laced through multiple songs are worries about growing older and less adventurous, about being either too selfish or too accommodating, and about the inconstancy of inspiration. Wye Oak Delves Inward and Opens Up on ‘The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs’ 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z She gets in a few cracks about the deep South — “Last time I was in Alabama I was chained to Andrew Young and Jesse Jackson” — and the nocturnal inconstancy of her bowels. Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas: How Low Can You Go? 2013-12-13T20:39:26Z Given their radical bent and ideological inconstancy, you can’t call them conservatives. Column: McCarthy's fall was sudden, but a long time coming 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z They’d say they’re the “conservative base” of the party, but the word “conservative” is contestable given their radical bent and their ideological and fiscal inconstancy depending on whether Donald Trump is president. Opinion: In the Matt Gaetz vs. Kevin McCarthy battle, the GOP's stupidity and hypocrisy is showing 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Here, Calabazas appears to be holding a toy windmill in one hand and, in the other, a miniature portrait of a woman, perhaps intended by Velázquez as a commentary on the inconstancy of love. Perspective | When Velázquez painted marginalized people, it liberated his genius He explores the fragility of human goodness, the seduction and hollowness of power and social status, the inconstancy of the human heart and racism, especially antisemitism. Reading Proust in wartime: A portrait of racism, nationalism and profound loss 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z It is, in some sense, that inconstancy that has gotten Mr. Lee in trouble: his willingness to challenge the powers in his own party, then tack back when his base demands it. In Utah, a Trump Loyalist Sends an S.O.S. to Romney, of All People 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Adam S. Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said America’s inconstancy on the world stage started long before Mr. Trump. Amid Biden Climate Push, a Question Looms: Is America’s Word Good? 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z The reasons for our exercise inconstancy are many and complex, according to behavioral scientists, and involve an intricate mix of the psychological and practical. Set Your Exercise Goals High, but Not Too High 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z They are the Americans who work in our military, a call to service that doesn’t indulge inconstancy or caprice. Editorial Roundup: Louisiana 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z And that constancy of inconstancy is perhaps what I need to embrace right now. Medical Schools Need to Get Better at Addressing Structural Racism 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z The rationale for this inconstancy is that unfamiliar routines should perplex and discombobulate our bodies and muscles and prevent them from settling into a groove or reaching a training plateau. How ‘Muscle Confusion’ Might Help Your Workouts 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z One performance in September in which Perry tried to attack Romney for inconstancy turned into such a debacle that commentators openly wondered about his health. Bernie, Warren, Buttigieg, Biden knotted in N.H. 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Yet the movie’s biggest drawback is its tonal inconstancy. Review: Jennifer Lopez doesn't go anywhere new in the harmless, charming 'Second Act' 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z That physical objects change and fluctuate is a problem for a mass system that depends upon them, not least because this inconstancy extends to the I.P.K. itself. The Kilogram’s Long, Slow Climb to Harmony 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z “An alien may suffer threats and violence in a foreign country for any number of reasons relating to heroical, economic, family or other personal inconstancies,” he said. Trump’s immigrant family separation strategy 2.0 targets children as they return to school 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z I was trying to cast his coiffure as a metaphor for his inconstancy and obsession with surfaces. Opinion | The News Isn’t Fake. But It’s Flawed. 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z Optimists might point to two wild-card factors we’ve never seen before: the fierce eloquence of the young Parkland survivors and the inconstancy of President Trump. Opinion | Trump and the GOP won’t act on gun control. So let’s kick them out. 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Gregory, J. M., Andrews, T. & Good, P. The inconstancy of the transient climate response parameter under increasing CO2. Greater future global warming inferred from Earth’s recent energy budget 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Why you should read Black’s novel interpretation of Trump’s inconstancy and confusion is that he is playing eight-dimensional chess with us all. If Trump upsets the white nationalists, who will he have left? 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z For all his inconstancy of character, Trump is a master manipulator. President Donald Trump is the most powerful cornered animal in the world | Lawrence Douglas 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Putin’s history of perceived slights, Russia watchers say, combined with Trump’s easy promises and inconstancy, is not necessarily a good match. The Troublemaker 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Trade Representative for China Affairs, said China would seek to contrast its commitment to the region with U.S. inconstancy. With Trump win, China looks to seize Asia free trade leadership 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z In some House districts, Republicans are getting mailers reminding them of the inconstancy of their party’s candidate. For Democrats, defeating Donald Trump isn’t enough 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z An important factor was his inconstancy: His administration veered between backing Mubarak and pushing him out; warning against an Egyptian coup and then endorsing the Sissi regime. A troubling turn for U.S. relations in the Muslim world 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z It was seen as proof of women’s essential inconstancy and weakness, compared to men’s allegedly strong steadiness. Donald Trump draws on long history of period stigma 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Putin is waiting to see if Western inconstancy will deliver what his tanks did not. Ukraine’s economy is on the rocks and needs Western help 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z This constant inconstancy is not just a problem for the clean energy sector – it feeds through to all other sectors of the economy. Set A Proper Energy Policy - And Then Leave It Alone 2014-03-19T17:17:00Z Brazilians call this constant inconstancy The Carousel of the Coaches. Global Soccer: As Soccer Season Starts, There's Money Left to Be Spent 2013-08-16T12:17:05Z But oh! your heart, where my unworthiness Is made perfection by love's alchemy, How often does your doghood's faith cry shame To my inconstancy. To Your Dog and To My Dog 2012-05-22T15:16:52.220Z As often as they returned from our upper hemisphere, they reprobated our ambition, infidelities, and inconstancies. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z And in literature I find the same inconstancy on the surface, while at heart he suffered little change. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Often the most attractive people have similar inconstancy; they have a superficial vivacity, and brilliance, and charm, and good-nature, which invite a friendship they do not deserve. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z His nature is further revealed by his inconstancy and capriciousness; and whenever he is overcome, he is noted for his great roar. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Even Protagoras never taught the futility of all reason, nor even the inconstancy of sensation which indeed is doctrine rather than scepticism. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z Her weakness, her inconstancy deserved their punishment: but for all her fortune, to recover all that he had lost and she had gained, he would not have looked at her there. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much Loved I not honour more! A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers 2012-02-13T03:00:15.823Z It has been pointed out that the weakness in Esau’s character which makes him so striking a contrast to his brother is his inconstancy. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z In rebuking inconstancy she was out of court; she was estopped, as the lawyers call it. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z No amount of inconstancy, provided its limits be fixed, is irreconcilable with the doctrine of specific similitudes. On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta ; Followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera 2012-01-17T03:00:21.933Z While there he seems to have been greatly impressed by an instance of inconstancy. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z Señora Lola Montez, yielding to that instinct of inconstancy so strong in her sex, is announced to have chosen the Opera instead of the Cloister. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z The sages who have well considered this world of dust, this sojourn of inconstancy from one end to the other, see nothing in it agreeable but wine in ruby cups and beautiful countenances. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z I had learned that one can no more rely on a woman's friendship than on her love; that there must inevitably be a strain of inconstancy or caprice in all their affections. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z He lost his job as speaker of the House because conservative representatives were fed up with his inconstancy. Heartbreak Awaits Republicans Who Love Gingrich: Ramesh Ponnuru 2011-12-07T00:23:49Z Now the opinion of a whole nation differs from that of any limited or united or homogeneous class by its inconstancy. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z What right had he to reproach her for inconstancy? The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z “God of our fathers!” exclaimed Thorpe, clapping his hand to his white forehead, to still the pain of sudden doubt of his wife’s inconstancy, that had seized him. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z In his relations with Pauline it will be seen that whatever her real motives may have been, she uses what she considers his inconstancy as a pretext later for her break with him. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z His idea of love consists no more in Dante's platonic mysticism than in passion and inconstancy. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z The frequent changes of fortune teach us that nothing here is certain but uncertainty, nothing constant but inconstancy, nothing real but unreality, nothing stable but instability. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z But it was not in the nature of any complaint against the inconstancy of man that this rhyme had come into her head. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z But alas for the inconstancy of human friendships! Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Hence Porphyry accuses him of inconstancy and mutability. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z At any rate, the next visit of the messenger brought a bitter dismissal, with cruel charges of inconstancy. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z No, no; your inconstancy secures you enough for that. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z This could hardly be wondered at, as he well knew the sacrifice of honour he was then making, and the inconstancy of his former sacred vows! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z Alas! he knew the Indians too well; and he adds in the moment of his success, "Their natural inconstancy still divides my heart between fear and joy." The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z The sight of the insignificant spy Marker lurking behind a pile of luggage reminded him that his peril might commence at any moment if he showed any sign of inconstancy to his pledge. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z Notwithstanding this diversity in size and the inconstancy of the frontier-lines, these territories were similar to one another in their main nature, no more complicated by intricate manorial systems. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z Now the natural inconstancy of her sex begins to work. The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z In this temperament too, in its lower grades, we meet too often—not all together perhaps, certainly not all in equal degree—with indolence, sensuality, inconstancy; or morbid brooding, implacability, and even cruelty. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Finely contrasts the constancy of a woman’s love with the inconstancy of man’s. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z The most painful of her trials was the inconstancy of her husband, and the apprehension of the divorce with which she was threatened more than once. The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel 2011-07-10T02:00:25.767Z Were they to fret themselves to death, now-a-days, on account of young men's inconstancy, there would soon not be a living maiden in the country. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z His voice had a certain inconstancy and quivering in it, which fortunately corresponded with the import of the story. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z "We—he and I—could not upbraid one another on the score of inconstancy." Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z "That star hath always been esteemed among us seamen, as being immovable as the cathedral of Seville; but, in this voyage, it hath been seen to change its place, with the inconstancy of the winds." Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Violation of God's laws on God's part would mean inconstancy. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z It is not universal like reason; and as it still pertains on some side to organization, it even borrows from the organization something of its inconstancy. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z This is a wild, wind-swept corner of Ireland in which I am staying, and abounding in matter for studying, especially rock forms, but the inconstancy of the weather puts sketching almost out of the question. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Peace, friend Sancho," replied Don Quixote; "there is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z I confess Abelard, without a blush, my infidelity; let my inconstancy teach the world that there is no depending upon the promises of women; they are all subject to change. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z It is, like the Seine, a cause of very much anxiety on account of its inconstancy. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z Outspread before him is the furious, indiscriminate cataract of life, the merciless flux, the infinite variety, the absolute inconstancy of it. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z This epithet cannot suit God—it does not agree with the divine nature—any more than injustice, cruelty or inconstancy. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Here fortune, by an unexpected reverse, made me sensible of her inconstancy and fickleness. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z You were in my imagination nothing but lightness and inconstancy. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z Very sincerely at that moment did she repent her own inconstancy. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z “Know ye not that though constancy is no merit it is a source of happiness; and that though inconstancy is no crime, it is no blessing much less a boast.” The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z The Huron assured her, that no true American had ever changed his opinion, and that there was not in their language a word to express inconstancy. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Mr. Lansdell's thoughts dwelt upon his loneliness to-night, as they had never dwelt before, since the day when his mother's death and cousin's inconstancy first left him lonely. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z You know the place where I was born; but not perhaps that I was born with those complexional faults which strangers charge upon our nation, an extreme lightness of temper, and great inconstancy. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear! so much, Lov'd I not honour more. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z Little girls, it has been observed, have in some measure the petulance of little boys, and these have in some measure the mobility and the inconstancy of little girls. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z The sin, therefore, is one of inconstancy or levity, and, if there is disrespect, it is slight. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z For my part, whenever I hear of an English lady eloping, I cannot help fearing that she has been driven to it by the inconstancy or neglect of a wicked husband. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z Call it frivolity--inconstancy--what you will--but a woman cannot fascinate me long or deeply; the passionate element is wanting in me. Riven Bonds. Vol. I. A Novel, in Two Volumes 2011-02-16T03:00:38.687Z From the irregular habits of Carew, it is possible he might have set the example of inconstancy; and yet this is but a poor excuse for her. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z In a world increasingly dependent on precise measurements, metrologists think such inconstancy no longer cuts the mustard. Weighing a kilogram: The constant gardeners 2011-01-27T10:58:13Z But it is also "the seasoning of the French pie, this rotten ferment whose canker-like nature, frivolity, inconstancy, and folly, have spread into the noblest parts of France." Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Remote from the inquietudes of the world, the impertinence of harems, the brutality of eunuchs, and the inconstancy of women, there he found a place truly congenial to the delights of his soul. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z As often as they returned from our hemisphere, they reprobated our ambition, infidelities, and inconstancies; and though they had no form of public worship, were, it seems, strict lovers and reverers of truth. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Appalled by the loss of Nicosia, with her usual inconstancy, she despatched a secret agent to Constantinople, to see if some terms might not yet be made with the Sultan. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Have I been tricked, beaten, betrayed, undone, Duped by a lie of low inconstancy. Porzia Thus we find the philosophic reflection, "Fortune can take nothing from us but what she gave"; and the warning, "Fortune is constant in nothing but inconstancy." Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources She is blind-folded, and her hand rests on a wheel, to intimate her inconstancy. Heathen Mythology This attachment to Wallenstein, and a spirit of religious toleration, were the leading motives of a strange career of military and political inconstancy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Did luxurious social life breed inconstancy of purpose, contempt of covenants? The Trail of Conflict Again she thought, as they had been separated by parental authority, that it might have its influence to cause him to become altogether forgetful; and her spirits now sunk under the idea of Theodore’s inconstancy. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact This was reasoning curiously for a lover; but whether from virtue, weakness, or inconstancy, I quitted Feltre without marrying her. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 "Take care, young man; you do not yet know the inconstancy of the human heart." Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. His most essential qualities are vanity, weakness, inconstancy, presumption. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" If you have trials, strain every nerve to appear smiling, and if sometimes tears stifle you, shed them in secret, even should the cause of your trial be the inconstancy of your husband. Rambles in Womanland Again she thought, as they had been separated by parental authority, that it might have its influence to cause him to become altogether forgetful; and her spirits now sunk under the idea of Theodore’s inconstancy. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact He gives us, in fact, in this passage the very essence of his personality, with all his whims, vagaries, freakishness and inconstancy set down by his own incomparable pen. Lafcadio Hearn "But you have yourself reminded me of the inconstancy of the human heart." Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. On their return to Venice, the correspondence which they carried on with these admirers, and which they vainly strove to hide from me, betrayed their inconstancy. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second In the same way, we blame the inconstancy of a woman when she leaves us for another, and we find her charming when she leaves another to come to us. Rambles in Womanland The frozen river becomes motionless; it ceases to flow; yet no one attributes any inconstancy to the laws of heat, or the laws of hydrostatics. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 He is of a most distrustful nature, because he knows he is surrounded by enemies—thus he is a curious mixture of resolution and inconstancy. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 Sometimes in January, in the middle of the month, days come that surprise the Parisians with their inconstancy and their softness. Fairfax and His Pride She possessed a rich imagination, but upon her was the common curse of womanly genius, eccentricity, and inconstancy. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Such a violent change there was in him, that it proceeded from some other cause than barely the inconstancy of his temper. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts It made them constant for constancy’s sake, because inconstancy meant forfeiture of honor and any forfeiture degradation. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern He would certainly bear them no malice, and freely forgave all the past, but they must sacredly observe the peace which he had granted them, and show no inconstancy in their conduct. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. She ventured to declare that she could place very little confidence in the professions of a man whose cruel inconstancy was capable of repudiating a faithful and affectionate wife.' Women of Early Christianity She has already suffered too much through my inconstancy,--and rather should this hand wither than I would repudiate Aliande for the purpose of pledging it to another; even were that other the divine Rosamunda.' Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist Strange and bizarre epoch, full of love and hatred, launching itself from one extreme to the other with frightful inconstancy, now weeping with tenderness, and now howling with rage! Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty My forlorn young sister, are you mourning over the inconstancy of woman in general, and your sister Kitty in particular? Old Friends and New He ought to remember the inconstancy of the human mind in general, and of the Indians in particular; and not trust to the kindness and friendship which Motecusuma showed us. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not Honour more. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes By my death I shall seal that fidelity which I have heretofore but ill kept, and expiate the tears which my inconstancy has cost Aliande,--thus becoming purified and prepared for the joys of Walhalla. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist Many of Catullus's brightest pieces are addressed to Lesbia; but all are touched by the poet's consciousness of her inconstancy. Roman Women Hipparete's early death leaves on the reader the impression that her heart was broken by her brilliant husband's inconstancy and brutality. Greek Women And whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves, they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune, whose wings they thought by their self-wisdom to have pinioned. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time A most important limit, however, is made by the inconstancy of natural forces employed in any industry. Rural Health and Welfare This inconstancy was amusing, but it also put people on their guard. Priests, Women, and Families “Yet, this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I had not loved thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more!” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion She hadn't the faintest conception either of the depth and subtlety of his nature or of the genial, kindly inconstancy of it. The "Genius" He printed Freneau's satires against Great Britain as a Whig, and then as a Tory fell under the power of Freneau's pen, for Freneau hated inconstancy quite as much as he did Tory principles. Literary New York Its Landmarks and Associations I must confess, there is something in the changeableness and inconstancy of human nature, that very often both dejects and terrifies me. The Tatler, Volume 3 Be sure you study the subject thoroughly before accusing that inscrutable, proud and procrastinating clerk of yours of inconstancy. A Canadian Bankclerk If he is a drinking man there are the saloons; if a poet he may write wise saws concerning the inconstancy of women; he may punch cows, another man’s head–or run a newspaper. The Coming of the Law The laity themselves, living amidst so many distractions, desire, nay insist, that their confessors shall absolve them for their acts of inconstancy. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages It is also admitted that all God's decrees were decreed by God Himself from all eternity, for otherwise imperfection and inconstancy would be proved against Him. The Philosophy of Spinoza She completely ensnared his heart, and held it in undisputed sway for more than ten years; which, considering his proverbial inconstancy, speaks very highly for her charms. Home Life of Great Authors Suffer not my heart to be overcome by that inconstancy which is so natural to it, nor allow my life to be a perpetual succession of evil practices and infidelities. The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Curé of Ars With a Novena and Litany to this Zealous Worker in the Vineyard of the Lord Milton makes his fiends too noble, and misses the foulness, inconstancy, and fury of wickedness. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) The essential point is to remember that such things were not caused, as they try to persuade us, by human fickleness, by the inconstancy of our fallen nature, by the chance persuasions of desire. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages Unless there has been some distressing or tragic element in the first marriage, why should the memory of the dead be banished, except by jealousy or inconstancy? The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements At different times Dryden, Spenser, and Chaucer were respectively his favourite English poets; and as there was nothing faithless in his inconstancy, he took up his new loves without ceasing to love the old. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 The inconstancies of his ages resemble the variation of the year. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 40 of 55 1690-1691 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century "And come back afterwards, with confidence in a welcome, to the victim of his inconstancy?" The Wings of the Dove, Volume II "The invincible propensity you have for intrigue, and the no less unfortunate attendant upon it—inconstancy." Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. I am not stupid, Mary, neither am I given to inconstancy––I’ve had to struggle too much not to have my mind made up once and for all time. The Gorgeous Girl The man who, in "Anatol," saw nothing but a rather weak-minded restlessness in woman's inconstancy, recognizes in "Intermezzo" woman's right to as complete a knowledge of life and its possibilities as any man may acquire. The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays In thinking of them, we can but shake our heads with Lord Chancellor Audeley, when meditating on this rebellion, and repeat after him, "they be a people of strange nature, and of much inconstancy." History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. But there was, if not in his own outward fortune, then in the fortunes of other notables of his day, enough to remind him of the inconstancy of worldly honor and glory. Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark Temple, it may be imagined, did not interpret his commission in such a literal spirit, and inconstancy and insanity could hardly be recommendations in Miss Blair's eyes. James Boswell Famous Scots Series A broken-hearted woman sits at her chamber-window and gazes out into the weird atmosphere, thinking of falsehood and sorrow and the inconstancy of one year. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Perhaps, now and then—of course, I would not suggest continual inconstancy—a slight change, a little rearrangement, even a partial replacement, might brighten up the dear old dwelling-place. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences Now is not this inconstancy and mutability of mind enough to deter any one by its own deformity? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero This is only a trick to conceal your inconstancy during his absence; but it is the nature of the sex to deceive us. The Politician Out-Witted It was a strange, yet a common inconsistency; an inconstancy to evil odd enough to set The McMurrough marvelling, while common enough to commend itself to a thinking mind. The Wild Geese He is a strange admixture of absolute devotion and of utter inconstancy. A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs And whether the Eastern Winds do not Plague the said City with Mists, and cause that inconstancy of Weather, it is said to be subject to? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World Thus it happens, that in the one case a disease and sickness may arise from a corruption of opinions; in the other case the consequence may be inconstancy and inconsistency. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero I ask'd her how she could so impute inconstancy to me. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I It was thus to be handed down to every age as a permanent and humiliating evidence of the wavering inconstancy of his fellow-laborer. The Mind of Jesus Since they are aimless and inconstant at heart, this will appear likewise as inconstancy in regard to works and doctrines. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost Could a vague report of my inconstancy drive you to infidelity! Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father But, notwithstanding we should speak of the inconstancy, imbecility, and levity of fear itself, yet it is of very great service to speak contemptuously of those very things of which we are afraid. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero He was a fine singer, and in after years, when he became a confirmed bachelor, delighted to sing songs about the inconstancy of the fair sex. Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches The objections to winds as a sole mode of ventilation are their inconstancy and irregularity. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) And here, a word for him with special respect to what people are pleased to call his inconstancy. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 "Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, deare, so much, Loved I not honour more." Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. It is the flux of matter and the inconstancy of the physical body which requires induction, that thereby it may be fixed as it were, and allow the formation of notions well defined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" This is the one great cause of man's inconstancy. Doctor Jones' Picnic Once more the poet contrasts the constancy of nature with his people's inconstancy. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 For them his vices, his treachery, his heartlessness, have nothing repellent; nor does his inconstancy rob him of feminine sympathy. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia Certain it is, the moral is excellent: the ill effects of inconstancy; and I am sure the fair sex will be obliged to the poet's gallantry. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 Intomb me then and show her where I lie, And say I died through her inconstancy. Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age He married several wives, but divorced them with the most fickle inconstancy. Ancient States and Empires Jehoiakim's malignant influence has grown, and Jeremiah discovers the inconstancy of the princes, even of some friendly to himself. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 Who will venture to say that a glass of beer gives savour to the humblest crust, and comforts Corydon, lamenting the inconstancy of Phyllis? The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia In concluding, I cannot help remarking that this circuit of the wind from SW. by W. to NW. or N., from our insular position, imparts to our climate its fickleness and inconstancy. Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. This arises from the intensity and inconstancy of their emotions, from their improvidence, and from the eccentricity of their social habits. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory They are also inconstant in different cones of the same species, and of this inconstancy the seed of P. ayacahuite furnishes the most notable example. The Genus Pinus Upon reaching the Minimes, they found that the mercury had not changed its height, notwithstanding the inconstancy of the weather, which had been alternately clear, windy, rainy, and foggy. Pascal Aloud she murmured: "Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore—" and then she stopped, her quivering lips refusing to form the two concluding lines. Studies in love and in terror The faults ascribed to him are ambition, inconstancy in friendship, and too much desire of popularity. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The inconstancy of the relapsed is, therefore, a sufficient reason why the Church, although she receives him to penance for his soul's salvation, refuses to free him from the death penalty. The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church On the contrary, she rebuked him for his fickleness and inconstancy, and it was no pleasant news he took back to his father-in-law. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Her mother and her nurse have perhaps warned her against flattering vows and man's inconstancy; or she has even ——Turned the tale by Ariosto told, Of fair Olympia, loved and left, of old! Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical In this world nothing is constant save inconstancy. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He was at first angry with my inconstancy, charged me with capriciousness and want of honour; but at last was pacified by my assuring him I would never marry any man. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue The colour which in ancient chivalry denoted inconstancy. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Even the angels, the seraphim, in that beautiful poem, written shortly before his death, "Heaven and Earth," prefer suffering to inconstancy,—to forfeit heaven rather than return there without their beloved. My Recollections of Lord Byron The whole of his great edifice is founded on a complete oblivion of parliamentary traditions, to-day courted lovingly by its most crafty enemy, whose inconstancy is extraordinary. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 As a matter of fact youthful spirits must seek their natural level no less surely than water, but Stonor was angry with himself, accusing himself of lightheadedness, inconstancy and what not. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] All the most sudden inconstancy of Clarence I would soften down. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 I saw that doubtfulness, inconstancy, sorrow and the like, could not be in him, seeing I could my self have wish’d to have been exempted from them. A Discourse of a Method for the Well Guiding of Reason and the Discovery of Truth in the Sciences "I less easily believe constancy in men than any thing else," says Montaigne, "and nothing more easily than inconstancy." My Recollections of Lord Byron No; he alone was to blame, his inconstancy, his weakness. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg The more pity that she should turn her back upon the good cause now, and prove the inconstancy of woman's nature! Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 The involved grammar is Shakespearian—“show thee, being a fool naturally, to have improved thy folly by inconstancy;” 3. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher With your indifference and my vanity and inconstancy? The Reckoning Whoever should consider this departure the result of inconstancy, is incapable to form an estimate of his great soul. My Recollections of Lord Byron The Danish nature appears to be more pliant and flexible than the Swedish, but I cannot judge whether the charge of inconstancy and dissimulation, which I have heard brought against it, is just. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Oliver is seen alternately courting France and Spain, constant only in inconstancy.” Historical Essays The three men also agreed in suspecting Leopold, though Burke tried to prove that his treachery was not premeditated, but sprang from "some complexional inconstancy." William Pitt and the Great War The last stanza shows very pleasingly the faithfulness of father and children, in contrast to the inconstancy of the mother. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide In the second act we are introduced into the palace of Isabella, who laments Robert's inconstancy. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas His new wife, Anne Boleyn, was suspected of the crime of inconstancy, and at the very time when she had reached the summit of power, and the gratification of all worldly wishes. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Anomalies and perturbations in the planets have been over and over again observed; but these, instead of demonstrating any inconstancy on the part of natural law, have invariably been reduced to consequences of that law. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Then she reported: “Lightness of conduct, want of weight, inconstancy, vanity, frivolity.” Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart Then, in the next place, the folly of men appears from the inconstancy of these things. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Her son had inherited all her fervency, her inconstancy of purpose, as well as her tendency to collapse under pressure. The Tyranny of the Dark In most instances he was “constant to one thing—his inconstancy.” Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century But then came satiety and weariness and inconstancy on the part of the husband, who soon commenced the pleasing pastime of breaking the wife’s heart. Cruel As The Grave Once I charged him with inconstancy to the lady in Goa, but he repudiated the aspersion with the quaint denial: “No, master, many ladies are loving me, but I don’t love no ladies!” The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly What may they judge of this inconstancy and levity of the commission, and thus be induced to give no respect and reverence to them in their resolutions? The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning It’s true the sea is an uncertain element, but no sailor remembers this in the presence of its bewitching power any more than a lover ever thinks of the proverbial inconstancy of women. Chance A Tale in Two Parts He married a woman of the nation, and repudiating their example, did not change his wife, by which he taught his wild neighbors that God did not love inconstancy. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses “I do believe Janet is pitying me a little, because of the minister’s inconstancy,” she said to herself. Janet's Love and Service But why, let me ask, have you sought me here, to upbraid me for my inconstancy? Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel And such is the inconstancy of the spirit, that it licketh up its vomit; and what thing it refused, it eateth it up as its meat. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning I began to admit the merits of other dahlias of divers colours, and actually caught myself committing the inconstancy of considering which of the four Princes of Orange I should bespeak for next year. The Lost Dahlia He was tired of her, and yet he seems to have been ashamed to confess his inconstancy. Mary Wollstonecraft Her mind being now as depraved, as her person is decorated, she keeps up the spirit of her character by extravagance and inconstancy. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. English Songs and Ballads In Ovid's case, Fortune does not show her typical inconstancy. The Last Poems of Ovid Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia The inconstancy of baby Maggot’s nature was presently exhibited in his becoming tired of the sun, and the restlessness of his disposition displayed itself in his frantic efforts to get out of bed. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines Then talk not of inconstancy, False hearts, and broken vows If I by miracle can be This live-long minute true to thee, 'Tis all that Heaven allows. Milton But are your poets not ashamed to complain of their inconstancy? whose fault is that? Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection O! my lord, what is there which doth not prove the inconstancy of worldly matters! Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Silly people fill the world with lamentation over human inconstancy; but if we follow love, we cannot cling to the beloved. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 We sometimes wonder to find a friend cold and distant to us, and perhaps we moralize on the fickleness and inconstancy of men, but the reason may be to seek in ourselves. Friendship He then declared that his “inconstancy has had a lesson,” and he marries the lady.—G. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Yet the Indians imagine that often in the morning a voice is heard singing a mournful song along the edge of the fall, and that it dwells on the inconstancy of a husband. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 I enter among them, and the first difficulty appears to arise from jealousy, and mutual charges of inconstancy, between the husbands and wives. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Others are ceramic satires on the drunkard's folly or the inconstancy of women. Highways and Byways in Sussex Most men who are cynical about women are so, because of the inconstancy of one. Friendship Laziness, selfishness, meanness, dishonesty, ingratitude, inconstancy, inordinate pride, and the countless other faults all have their social penalties. The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale In a bad sense, yellow means inconstancy, and the æsthetic Greeks, fully carrying out this meaning, compelled their public courtesans to distinguish themselves by mantles of saffron color. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy At first I resented my apparent inconstancy in forming an esper projection of Marian Harrison when I was trying to project my blank telepathic inadequacy to Catherine. Highways in Hiding A Line of Heart made up like a chain, or by a crowd of little lines running into it, denotes flirtations and inconstancy in the love nature, and seldom has any lasting affection. Palmistry for All Craft, levity, inconstancy, falsehood, want of judgment, and an excessive vanity, discovered themselves in all his actions, and appear in his writings, namely, his epistles, his satire called Misopogon, and his lives of the Cæsars. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Henry's inconstancy in the matter of his beard not only caused diplomatic inconvenience, but, it may be parenthetically remarked, adds to the difficulty of dating his portraits. Henry VIII. Cicero, it must be avowed, is convicted from his own mouth of vanity, inconstancy, sordidness, jealousy, malice, selfishness, and timidity. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II For the companionship of her wandering lord she did not have long to wait; nor for proof of his inconstancy. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 They took up arms with savage fierceness; they laid them down, or turned them against each other, with wild inconstancy; and while they fought singly, they were successively subdued. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 To dream of glass is a sign of danger and the inconstancy of friends. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Oh! what is there that does not prove the inconstancy of worldly matters? The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 What a reception for one of your rank! what inconstancy—what falsehood! The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew There was something in the temper of these celebrated men which secured them against the proverbial inconstancy both of the Court and of individuals.... The Rise of the Democracy Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore,— I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not honor more. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 A spherical head denoted inconstancy, forgetfulness, and want of discretion. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales He fell in love, was accepted, and ultimately cast off—incidents which afforded him opportunities of celebrating the charms, and deploring the inconstancy of the fair. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Let him who complains of the fickle humors and inconstancy of a free people, read Pliny's character of Domitian. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore: I could not love thee, Dear, so much Loved I not Honour more. Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys In the hearts of the credulous they sowed seeds of disaffection, and inconstancy and opposition. Bahíyyih Khánum Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shalt adore; I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not Honour more. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language Elizabeth wrote a letter to James, in which she quoted a moral sentence from Isocrates, and indirectly reproached him with inconstancy, and a breach of his engagements. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. She appears, also, as well as her father, to have been susceptible of some attachments of friendship; and that without the caprice and inconstancy which were so remarkable in the conduct of that monarch. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary Her whole being was so bound up in Royston Keene’s, that she felt without him there would be nothing worth living for; neither had she the faintest misgiving as to the chances of his inconstancy. Sword and Gown A Novel While moments pass on pinions fleet, And youth in beauty effloresces, The joy that finds itself complete In honeyed words and soft caresses, Alas! an index seems to be Of perilous inconstancy. Poems Vol. IV He deprecated inconstancy, observing that a gentleman who presumed to pay attention to a lady, should bring with him a character from the one he had lately left. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 He acknowledges his father's failings, his weakness and inconstancy, but insists that they were compensated by the virtues of the head and heart, and the warmest sentiments of honour and humanity. Gibbon The people had occasion soon after to see a further instance of the king's inconstancy. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary Nought but inconstancy Britannia meets, And broken faith in their abandon'd sheets; From the same hand how various is the page! The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Therefore inconstancy is not a daughter of lust. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province She had at least the sea's inconstancy, the sea's abandonment. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story This feature of their character explains the inconstancy and fickleness exhibited by the Christianized Man�bos at the beginning of their conversion. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir We resemble the monkeys more than any other animal by the gift of imitation, the frivolity of our ideas, and by our inconstancy which has never allowed us to have uniform and durable laws. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Knowing her inconstancy, she had never consented to padlock her heart with an oath of fidelity. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter Hence the inconstancy which is opposed thereto is to be reckoned a daughter of lust. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province If you ever marry you must run the risk of inconstancy in the man you accept. A Crooked Path A Novel Had there not been the little cloud of marital inconstancy on both sides, the pair would have been well-assorted for good as well as for evil. The Delight Makers I can show you pride, folly, affectation, wantonness, inconstancy, covetousness, dissimulation, malice and ignorance all in one piece. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy. Pascal's Pensées Thus incautiousness and incircumspection are included in "thoughtlessness"; lack of docility, memory, or reason is referable to "precipitation"; improvidence, lack of intelligence and of shrewdness, belong to "negligence" and "inconstancy." Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province It was said that the queen herself had been enamoured of him, without being able to fix his inconstancy. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Is there any inconstancy in ceasing to love when one is not loved? Phineas Finn The Irish Member Tina still trusted that Anthony felt more for her than he seemed to feel; she was still far from suspecting him of a wrong which a woman resents even more than inconstancy. Scenes of Clerical Life Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not Honour more. The Hundred Best English Poems Therefore inconstancy is opposed to fortitude rather than to prudence. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Perhaps he did for a time; a new handsome woman might, from his natural inconstancy, make him forget an old attachment. Dialogues of the Dead The inconstancy of the human mind must serve as my excuse. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch "Oh! the inconstancy, the fancifulness of these English," he generalized, with suppressed passion, right into my face. Romance Urged by the troubled look of his wife, he launches forth into an elaborate defence of inconstancy in love, and consequently of the character of his admiration for Fifine. An Introduction to the Study of Browning Consequently inconstancy, as to its completion, belongs to imprudence. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Finally, if the order of nature proves the power and the intelligence, disorder ought to prove the weakness, inconstancy, and irrationality of Divinity. Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense There is your forget-me-not, pink in the bud, and sapphire in the flower, with a fruit that breaks up into four, the very picture of inconstancy and discursiveness. Certain Personal Matters His sufferings at his wife's supposed inconstancy have doubtless in them a large selfish element. Is Life Worth Living? It is the lament of a man, addressed to the woman at his side, whom he loves and by whom he is loved, over the imperfection and innocent inconstancy of his love. An Introduction to the Study of Browning And just as precipitation is due to a defect in the act of counsel, and thoughtlessness to a defect in the act of judgment, so inconstancy arises from a defect in the act of command. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province All religions, whether new, or ancient ones reformed, are evidently founded on the weakness, the inconstancy, the imprudence, and the malice of the Deity. Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense In France, on the other hand, he found this custom still in good repute, "notwithstanding," he adds, "that inconstancy of fashion with which we sometimes reproach the natives of that country." Life of Adam Smith Fortune, O inconstant friend, that in all thy deeds art froward and fickle, delighting, in the poverty of the lowest and the overthrow of the highest, to decipher thy inconstancy. Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy The poor woman submits to the inconstancy of Fortune with marvellous fortitude. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government But negligence does not imply a defect of counsel, for that is precipitation, nor a defect of judgment, since that is thoughtlessness, nor a defect of command, because that is inconstancy. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Chide the exhaling of the dew, The ebbing of the sea, The fading of a rosy hue,— But not inconstancy. Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems Whose fault is it that you rob a woman of her love, and then accuse her of inconstancy because your son resembles the man that was the object of her thoughts? Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers But of all the particoloured reptiles the chameleon is by far the best known, and on the whole the most remarkable for his inconstancy of coloration. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore; I could not love thee, deare, so much, Loved I not honour more. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Objection 1: It would seem that inconstancy is not a vice contained under imprudence. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province None but a god could keep so rare a creature: I blame her not for her inconstancy; When I recall each radiant smile and feature, I wonder she so long was true to me. Poems of Passion The piano was played, and amid tea and muffins, tennis was discussed, allusions were made to man's inconstancy. Mike Fletcher A Novel He warned the English king to have no trust in allies like the Flemings, who had shamefully driven away their natural lords and whose faithlessness and inconstancy were by-words. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) The male is, and has been, constantly addicted to inconstancy, treading the ocean and the mainland respectively with alternate feet. On The Art of Reading For inconstancy consists seemingly in a lack of perseverance in matters of difficulty. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province I know the sensibility of Lucy’s temper, and that she loves you: I know also the difficulty of weaning the heart from such a habit of inconstancy as you have unhappily acquired. The History of Emily Montague At length, after frequent elections and deposings, rather wearied out by their own inconstancy than, fixed by the merit of their choice, they suffered Vortigern to reign over them. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) But if a lion in pride and fierceness, he was a panther in inconstancy and mutability, changing his word and promise, cloaking himself by pleasant speech. The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) In narrower ranges the inconstancy of the periods is very marked, and their variations of clearly defined rhythmical character. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. Therefore inconstancy pertains not to imprudence but to envy. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province The question is perhaps the most delicate and important which respects human life; the caprice, the inconstancy, the injustice of men, makes the task of women in marriage infinitely difficult. The History of Emily Montague Cæsar reprimanded them for the inconstancy of their behavior, and ordered them to bring hostages to secure their fidelity, together with provisions for his army. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) He repulses her roughly, and in despair she tells Alfio the story of his wife's inconstancy. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Instead, therefore, of combining in a single member, the factors of inconstancy due to stress and to position are distributed between the two elements, and tend to neutralize each other. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. I did not perceive the public spirit; the apparent inconstancy of the impressions of the Russians prevented me from observing it. Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. I feel strongly at this moment the inconstancy of the species: we naturally grow tired of the company on board our own ship, and fancy the people in every one we meet more agreable. The History of Emily Montague The princes whom after this desertion they raised and deposed with a stupid inconstancy were styled Emperors. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Confronted with the proof of Lucy's inconstancy, he curses the house of Lammermoor and rushes away. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. That the preponderance of irregularity is still with the initial interval leads to the inference that position is a greater factor of inconstancy than accentuation. Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. How I disdain a life, which I must buy With your contempt, and her inconstancy! The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 As to the latter, my frequent changes, which I freely acknowledge, have not been owing to any inconstancy, but to precipitation and want of caution in contracting them. The History of Emily Montague Derived from the fleeting vapour—the emblem of inconstancy—it outlasts the most solid structure of man, and continues to well up its waters even when the rock beside it has weathered into dust. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Rome found her advantage in employing them as rivals to a monarch with whom she had quarrelled, and did not think it necessary to punish them for his treachery or inconstancy. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. How did he then _dare _to speak to her of inconstancy? The Hoyden Ind. Not that I valued life, but feared to die: Think that my weakness, not inconstancy. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 He had been gentle, tender, most considerate, and most charitable to her weakness, never speaking of his own wrongs, never reproaching her for inconstancy. For Woman's Love In love, he, the tried veteran, of a hundred inconstancies! The Grey Cloak And now my first husband has come back and hates me for my inconstancy, and my second husband knows nothing about it! The Lost Lady of Lone Its dangers are those of too easy assent, of inordinate pursuit of particular good, of inconstancy and variability, of all the humanistic elements which lead back to paganism. The Education of Catholic Girls Nature herself is changed to punish me; Virtue turned vice, and faith inconstancy. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 You will notice also the inconstancy of h, and the indifference to orthography which allows the same word to appear as katademon in the text and kathodemon in the commentary. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London As he thought of this he did not by any means accuse himself of inconstancy or of weakness of heart. The Claverings The wages of labor in different employments vary with the constancy and inconstancy of employment. Reading Made Easy for Foreigners - Third Reader We do not want a largess of inconstancy. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) To their power they take a security against any favors which they might hope from the usual inconstancy of fortune. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) I know there is a disposition to hope something from the variety and inconstancy of villany, rather than from the tiresome uniformity of fixed principle. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) They take up all the different tastes from all creatures, even as inconstancy sucks up truth. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 I, in the shape of love, despair did see; You, in his shape, would show inconstancy. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 A severe chastisement awaited their perfidy and inconstancy. The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century He felt, too, the decay of his authority at home, from the inconstancy and discontents of his subjects. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The constancy or inconstancy of employment in them. Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future It is impossible, Mr. Speaker, not to pause here for a moment, to reflect on the inconstancy of human greatness, and the stupendous revolutions that have happened in our age of wonders. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) The sentence Sam had just delivered with so much emphasis ought to have been addressed to the traitor lover, when discovered in the act of inconstancy, and, so given, would have been effective and dramatic. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal We entangle ourselves in business, immerge ourselves in luxury, and rove through the labyrinths of inconstancy till the darkness of old age begins to invade us, and disease and anxiety obstruct our way. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader This further discovery was a still greater surprise to the scientific world than the former one; for by its aid was established nothing less than the inconstancy of matter. Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration My outraged honor takes vengeance on myself, and you dare to urge me to the shame of inconstancy! The Cid Sing not of beauty's grace to me; Its very name a story tells Of doubly dark inconstancy, Love falser than a hundred hells. Oklahoma and Other Poems But this priest remained not long upon the island, and the people, destitute of all spiritual instructions, returned soon after, through their natural inconstancy, to their original barbarism. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 16 In normal people there is a slight consciousness of mental processes, but the mind rarely watches itself work; the neurasthenic is unable to concentrate, and gets charged with inconstancy and shiftlessness. Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment The inconstancy of this star's surface is the greatest menace to its inhabitants. Life in a Thousand Worlds That his love was earnest and pure, such as the blight of coldness and inconstancy would render painful, was not true,—far from it. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue The first, he says, is an inconstancy of style. Aspects of Literature Of women he used to say that their inconstancy was an antidote to their falseness; for if a woman could but persevere in what she undertook, all the fair works of men would be ruined. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series And now that plea for a discredited politician was followed up by what, on the face of it, was, as Mrs Orr puts it, "a defence of inconstancy in marriage." Robert Browning Oh, what is there that does not prove the inconstancy of worldly matters! The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Its obvious sophistries are mixed up with the profoundest truths, and the speaker's tone has often the tenderness of one who, with all his inconstancy, has loved deeply and long. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) Excellent! for they illustrate the vagaries and inconstancy of my dissipated heart as exactly as if you had meant to describe it. The Man of the World (1792) Memory recalled no picture of unkindness, injustice or inconstancy. The Missing Bride For Good Fortune, when she wears the guise of happiness, and most seems to caress, is always lying; Ill Fortune is always truthful, since, in changing, she shows her inconstancy. The Consolation of Philosophy Fifth poem, 102 to 126—to his friend, excusing himself for having been some time silent, and disclaiming the charge of inconstancy. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 "IN A YEAR" is a wondering and sorrowful little comment on a man's shallowness and inconstancy. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) May all herein find strength against inconstancy and despite and loss and pain and all the bitterness of loving. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult Poverty, disease, misfortune, unkindness, inconstancy, death, all assail the travellers as they journey onward to eternity through this gloomy valley; and what is to comfort them but religion? Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness She takes great pains to reconcile all love quarrels, and should any faithless swain persist in his inconstancy, he is sure to draw on himself the good lady's violent indignation. Bracebridge Hall The lure of excitement is more potent to such men than a wife whose charm has gone, through familiarity, through time itself, through the inconstancy of passion and love. The Nervous Housewife "Fifine at the Fair" is a defence of inconstancy, or of the right of experiment in love; and is addressed by a husband to his wife, whose supposed and very natural comments the monologue reflects. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) He claims a privilege of systematic inconstancy, a privilege of prevarication, a privilege of contradiction,—a privilege of not only changing his conduct, but the principles of his conduct, whenever it suits his occasions. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) The gross "insult of inconstancy" on the part of the husband is a plea that has never yet been recognized by Japanese society. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic Finally, I avowed my knowledge of all the disappointment her heart had experienced by Frank's inconstancy.' know you feel, to-night,' I said, 'that existence is an imposture—worse than the meanest jiggle. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Fifine at the Fair is said to be "a defence of inconstancy, or of the right of experiment in love." Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher He was himself very much vexed at his inconstancy, and accused himself of "only loving Rome when he was at Tibur, and only thinking of Tibur from the moment he found himself in Rome." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 She takes great pains to reconcile all love-quarrels, and should any faithless swain persist in his inconstancy, he is sure to draw on himself the good lady's violent indignation. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists But wealth, I had been told, is so demoralising, and I thought your never coming forward to find me and protect me in my illness might have something to do with inconstancy. Aylwin The states seemed to like this proposal, and promised to take it into consideration, and to give me an answer, but I was doubtful of their inconstancy, neither did they come to any conclusion. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Backslidings and returns; or, The inconstancy of our love. Hymns and Spiritual Songs SÁRNGARAVA.—Such inconstancy is fortunately not common, excepting in men intoxicated by power. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala Antonyms: constant, unwavering, steadfast, resolute. fickleness, n. vacillation, irresolution, inconstancy, volatility, tergiversation, capriciousness. fiddle, n. violin; kit. fiddler, n. violinist. fidelity, n. loyalty, fealty, faithfulness; truth, integrity. Putnam's Word Book Perhaps she had never admitted it, but she would no doubt have felt a contempt for a man without the capacity for truant inconstancies. Broken to the Plow I could not reply to these words; her tone, her doubts, the prospect of death, inconstancy, and frailty, and the possibility of forgetfulness, had struck me to the heart, and filled me with sad forebodings. Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty He pondered on the fact of life and death, inconstancy, and endless progress to decay. Sacred Books of the East A. It is hardest to keep it, by reason of the inconstancy of man, who is quickly angry, and soon weary of a thing; hard to be gained and slippery to keep. The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy Without being guilty of inconstancy, such are the effects of time upon mutable human nature! Marriage Acted as a screen for villainy and inconstancy for the most part. Broken to the Plow The soldiers they have are obtained by hire;--Africans and Numidians--people remarkable above all others for the inconstancy of their attachments. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 For when a treasury has been burnt, whatever precious things may have escaped the fire, the wise man, knowing their inconstancy, gives freely, doing acts of kindness with his saved possessions. Sacred Books of the East It would be very pardonable in you to change, but, sure, in him 'tis a mark of so great inconstancy as shows him of an humour that nothing can fix. The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 It was not weakness—it could not be inconstancy—that produced the painful sacrifice of a distinction still more gratifying to my heart than flattering to my pride. Marriage But then Nick had done unaccountable things before, and he did not set down his silence to inconstancy. The Way of an Eagle Apart from their inconstancy, again, the so-called race characters can hardly yield a scientifically natural system. Critiques and Addresses But the niggard guards them carefully, fearing to lose them, worn by anxiety, but never fearing 'inconstancy,' and that accumulated sorrow, when he loses all! Sacred Books of the East He would expect his mistress should rise again to reproach his inconstancy if he made court to anything but her memory. The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 But, have I not reason to complain of this inconstancy, on your part? The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas This savoureth of a spirit of levity and inconstancy, which is dangerous. Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life When the woman whom one loves is to marry one's brother, and that brother happens to be of all the family the one whom one prefers, what quality can be so admirable as inconstancy? Fated to Be Free Quickly arising and as quickly perishing! the wise man holds not to such a refuge, for the diamond mace of inconstancy can overturn the mountain of the Rishi hermit. Sacred Books of the East Pietro was quite content with this arrangement; he had himself given the first example of inconstancy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 Two shepherdesses, Pelopaea and Alope, meet and fall to discoursing of love and inconstancy, and cite incidentally the unhappy case of Amphrissa, who at that moment appears in person and joins in the conversation. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England "He says he will no more allow a man to put away his first and true wife, for he is convinced that God does not love inconstancy in men." The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World The friends of the murdered chief were scandalized at such inconstancy, and resolved to punish all three, as soon as they could catch them. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest As little, For inconstancy were god's mark then. The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome Such inconstancy is fortunately not common, except in men intoxicated by power. Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama Two shepherds, pilgrims of love, bereft of the objects of their affection, the one through death, the other through inconstancy, meet in a forest and reason of the comparative hardness of their lots. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England That his marriage was an ill-assorted and unhappy union was hardly so much the cause of his inconstancy as its effect. Sterne Still, with the inconstancy of human nature, we were pleased to exchange its excitement for the quiet repose of home. Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest The first characteristic, though only an occasional defect, is the inconstancy of style; the sudden and unprepared transitions from lines or sentences of peculiar felicity to a style not only unimpassioned, but undistinguished. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters Many accidents therefore may happen, by which the ardour of kindness will be abated, without criminal baseness or contemptible inconstancy on either part. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler A little before the death of lord Stanhope, his grace, who was constant in nothing but inconstancy, again changed sides, opposed the court, and endeavoured to defeat all the schemes of the ministry. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV The time had come for Madame des Ursins to make definitive trial of Fortune's inconstancy. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 The latter signify inconstancy, which as a rule comes with the disillusion following possession. Essays of Schopenhauer I confess my inconstancy, Abelard, without a blush; let my infidelity teach the world that there is no depending on the promises of women--we are all subject to change. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters Ostensibly, indeed, she is set up as a model of that feminine constancy which men at all times have insisted on while they themselves preferred to be models of inconstancy. Primitive Love and Love-Stories That the inconstancy of such notices, in cases equally important, proves they did not proceed from any such agent. The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801) The open air, the inconstancy of their labour, the sufficiency of their food, and the quantity of healthy exercise, necessarily render these Arabs of civilization the healthiest part of the people. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 572, October 20, 1832 Men know their own frailties, and are therefore charitable; women consider inconstancy to be the one unpardonable sin, and are inexorable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Time, and the natural inconstancy of the heart will bring these about; yet, nevertheless, tho detached from sin by incapability, you are no nearer your God. The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason One wife only is allowed, and infidelity is punished by fine on both sides—inconstancy on the part of the husband being esteemed equally as bad as in the female. Primitive Love and Love-Stories He walked sullenly home, wrote some verses on the inconstancy of women, drew from recollection a portrait of the cruel fair, which he hung in his study, and banished his former pretences. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 375, June 13, 1829 Constancy was only to be found in inconstancy. Calvert of Strathore He could face any temptation without one flutter of inconstancy towards his first-love. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 "But," replied Annie, "a victim to man's inconstancy, at any rate?" Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland Another old writer, Rev. S. Gobat, describes the Abyssinians as light-minded, having nothing constant but inconstancy itself. Primitive Love and Love-Stories She is the echo of inconstancy, Soothing her no with nay, her ay with yea. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 He is equally undisturbed by the malice of enemies or the inconstancy of fortune. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers To desert them is hateful; inconstancy is contemptible. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Yet this inconstancy is such, As you, too, shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more. Old Ballads I tremble at the height, Whene'er I think Of the hot barons, of the fickle people, And the inconstancy of power, I tremble For thee, dear father. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 338, November 1, 1828 This inner necessitation is so little a defect that its direct opposite, undetermined choice and inconstancy, must rather be excluded from God as an imperfection. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time "It was agreed between us that if you showed any inconstancy, you were to be mine." Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire In these few remarks I have explained the causes of human infirmity and inconstancy, and shown why men do not abide by the precepts of reason. Ethics — Part 4 Checking himself, with fierce inconstancy he began to count—fast. Martin Chuzzlewit To see others suffering under this malady, denotes inconstancy of friends and gloomy ending of bright expectations. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Wisdom is the carrying out of that which has been seen to be best, virtue is steadfastness, sin inconstancy therein. History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time Rivals of the tall and sallow mason sprang into being, and here again was popular inconstancy. The Uncommercial Traveller The martyrs of Cordova provoked the sentence of the cadhi, by the public confession of their inconstancy, or their passionate invectives against the person and religion of the prophet. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 This second synod has been justly branded as a gang of robbers and assassins; yet the accusers of Dioscorus would magnify his violence, to alleviate the cowardice and inconstancy of their own behavior. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 To see fleas on her lover, denotes inconstancy. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition The administration of Valerian was distinguished by a levity and inconstancy ill suited to the gravity of the Roman Censor. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 But the people of Alexandria, a various mixture of nations, united the vanity and inconstancy of the Greeks with the superstition and obstinacy of the Egyptians. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 The inconstancy of public opinion is proverbial: the congregation migrated one by one. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people She taught him to compare his long prosperity and his recent distress, and to conceive new hopes from the inconstancy of fortune. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 If you lose treasures, bad luck in business and the inconstancy of friends is foretold. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition I enjoyed perfect health of body, and tranquillity of mind; I did not feel the treachery or inconstancy of a friend, nor the injuries of a secret or open enemy. Gulliver's Travels Their taste for physical gratifications must be regarded as the original source of that secret inquietude which the actions of the Americans betray, and of that inconstancy of which they afford fresh examples every day. Democracy in America — Volume 2 The victory appeared to be complete; but alas! the inconstancy of man! Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people His religious inconstancy was taxed by the epithet of Chameleon, but the Catholics have acknowledged by the voice of a saint and confessors, that the life of the Iconoclast was useful to the republic. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 When governments display so much weakness, and laws so much inconstancy, the danger is self-evident, but it is no longer possible to avoid it; to be effectual, measures must be taken to discover its approach. Democracy in America — Volume 1 Cowley stands forward as a memorable instance of the inconstancy of fame. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Lov'd I not Honour more. The Lucasta Poems When the winter wind Has seized on sky and ocean, firm its hold; But the inconstancy of cloudy spring Permits no certain breezes to prevail Upon the billows. Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars Thus I perceived that doubt, inconstancy, sadness, and such like, could not be found in God, since I myself would have been happy to be free from them. Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences And whereas they have, all their times, sacrificed to themselves, they become in the end, themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune, whose wings they thought, by their self-wisdom, to have pinioned. The Essays of Francis Bacon Of another Dr. Gall said, His head is a pattern of inconstancy and confinement, and there appears not the least mark of the organ of courage. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author It is here that love is divested of all selfishness, all jealousy, all inconstancy. Manon Lescaut Such a tedious delay is worse than inconstancy. She Stoops to Conquer Of what consequence is the constancy or inconstancy of an individual to the truth which is always the same? What is Property? Loving him in secret had not seemed such thorough-going inconstancy as the same love recognized and acted upon in the face of threats. A Pair of Blue Eyes "You are contrasting my inconstancy with your own fidelity." The Europeans You accused us, perhaps, of inconstancy of bad faith. The American Of all things in the world inconstancy is my aversion. Northanger Abbey Ah, such a look!—no harshest word Had ever proved so sharp a sword To my inconstancy. Bees in Amber A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse Why do we never talk of your inconstancy? The Happy Foreigner He alone knows it, who makes a woman of himself and initiates himself into the secrets of her cult of inconstancy! The Confession of a Child of the Century But I fear that inconstancy, the consequent imperfection of human weakness. The Letters of Robert Burns Most constant in inconstancy I see thou wilt endure. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 Mr. Dodge is a profound republican, and is an advocate for rotation in language, as well as in office: I must accuse you of inconstancy, my dear friend, if I die for it. Homeward Bound or, the Chase The reproach of inconstancy was, on this occasion, shared with such numbers, that it produced neither hatred nor disgrace! if he changed, he changed with the nation. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 On the other hand, how could I conceive of inconstancy or of caprice in that woman such as I knew her? The Confession of a Child of the Century The natural effect of this inconstancy will be, a disregard of ALL truth, and a ready admission of every sceptical principle. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I Instead of excusing her inconstancy, she rapped out half-a-dozen oaths, and, snapping her fingers at me, swore she scorned to confine herself to the best man in England. Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 Your eyes, your nose, inconstancy betray; Your nose you stop, your eyes you turn away. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 His songs have no particular character; they tell, like other songs, in smooth and easy language, of scorn and kindness, dismission and desertion, absence and inconstancy, with the commonplaces of artificial courtship. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 He wrote some melancholy Latin verses during his captivity, full of sad complaints of the inconstancy of Fortune; but he had not yet experienced the worst that was in store for him. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II However, I know you would not injure me with a husband so odious and tyrannical that I stood excused in advance for inconstancy when I stooped to wed country manners and stubborn ignorance. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger His Effusion, and your complaints of his inconstancy, crossed each other on the road. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 All below this developmental point is inconstancy of specific forms, with no line of ancestry to be traced anywhere. Life: Its True Genesis Her beauty and absence, her kindness and cruelty, her disdain and inconstancy, produce no correspondence of emotion. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 He has too exalted a notion of the fair charmer to attribute this to lightness and inconstancy. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian Sometimes, in moments of doubt or despondency, he had thought it possible that poverty, the advice of friends, caprice or inconstancy on the part of Charlotte herself, should sever them. Charlotte's Inheritance It is very sad, this inconstancy of the mind to the poets whom it once worshipped. P.'s Correspondence (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") "Ah, false one," shrieked the dream-lady, pretending to faint, but dissolving into thin air, out of which came the deplorable murmur of her voice, "your inconstancy has annihilated me." A Select Party There was the pupil's youth, the pupil's manhood;—his avarice, his ingratitude, his implacability, his inconstancy. Villette I cannot suspect, even in my most lawless flights, the most innocent and artless of her sex of inconstancy. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian She wondered at her own inconstancy on perceiving how completely the dream had flown. Charlotte's Inheritance It had been a relief, to be sure, but what a sickening disclosure of the cur's trifling inconstancy. Ruggles of Red Gap This constancy is merely inconstancy fixed, and limited to the same person. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims It was not long before they had to pay a heavy penalty for their treachery and inconstancy. Stories from Thucydides Surely however the fickleness and inconstancy of her conduct cannot be unstained with the pollution of depravity. Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian Ah, is this Calisto? his fire now I know well; How that love over him hath cast her net; In whose perseverance is all inconstancy. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 The inconstancy of Mariño showed itself once more, although in this instance his conduct was opposed by Bermúdez and other officers. Simon Bolivar, the Liberator It is inconstant through inconstancy, of lightness, love, novelty, lassitude and distaste. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims This mechanism will also explain the irregularity, the indecision, the inconstancy of man; and account for that conduct, which frequently appears an inexplicable mystery, which indeed it is, under the received systems. The System of Nature, Volume 1 Fritz had much sentiment and imagination; but some how or other, this did not preserve him from inconstancy. A Love Story Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much Lov'd I not honour more. The Isle of Unrest It is not, therefore, just to allege, that, because the Italians are a calm, persuasive, and pensive people, and the French all stir, talk, and inconstancy, they are respectively actuated by different moral causes. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself C.—The restraint we lay upon ourselves to be constant, is not much better than an inconstancy. Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims When governments display so much inconstancy, the danger is self-evident, but it is no longer possible to avoid it; to be effectual, measures must be taken to discover its approach. American Institutions and Their Influence I could not appreciate the effects of his inconstancy on a heart like that of my sister. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Don Fernando felt a transient glow of indignation at beholding this monumental proof of the inconstancy of his mistress; but who could expect a mistress to remain constant during a whole century of absence? Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies The involved grammar is Shakspearian;—'show thee, being a fool naturally, to have improved thy folly by inconstancy;' 3. Literary Remains, Volume 2 |
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