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They took turns getting on top of each other, trading ineffectual blows with inharmonious sound effects that made it seem as though they were fighting to the death. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
But after the shouting and the frenzy, a breathtaking and infinitely consoling harmony descends, as a living painting is assembled out of a most inharmonious crowd. Review: ‘Sunday in the Park With George,’ a Living Painting to Make You See 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z
Something inharmonious, like a small rattling in an otherwise luxurious car, had taken hold of my Vineyard days. Personal Journeys: Walking Martha?s Vineyard 2011-08-12T18:55:00Z
Her pursuit of tough inharmonious motifs is ambitious, but too often leaves her work looking brittle and contrived, as if she were avoiding traditional beauty yet declining to find an alternative. Review: Charline von Heyl, ‘Düsseldorf: Paintings From the Early 1990s’ 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z
Modern society is inherently inharmonious — think of children shouting, dogs barking, lawn mowers roaring. Shattered nerves, sleepless nights: Pickleball noise is driving everyone nuts 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z
As I lie there, listening to the scanner’s inharmonious beeps, rumbles and alien-laser-gun sounds, I’m not thinking of anything in particular. The Unexpected Diversity of Pain 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z
Italy’s new populist administration has since used virulent tactics to fulfil its anti-immigration pledge, including denying docking rights to rescue ships, while trying to push an inharmonious EU into sharing responsibility. Mother and child drown after being abandoned off Libya, says NGO 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z
These maps — and their lingering effects — derive from a time when the American government, he writes, believed that “inharmonious racial groups” should be separated. How Redlining’s Racist Effects Lasted for Decades 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z
Prior to World War II, the real estate business actually considered such provisions ethically necessary to protect property values from the impact of what the federal government called “inharmonious racial groups.” Charles Lane: A modern segregation battle 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z
"What? So inharmonious families don't deserve to be married into? We should treat each other genuinely. If we try to hide things from the first time we meet, there will be problems," says one user. Holiday tips on handling the in-laws 2014-01-28T23:09:05Z
Rodriguez Rests, and So Do the Yankees’ Bats Less than 24 hours earlier, Alex Rodriguez’s mere presence on the baseball diamond turned the Yankee Stadium crowd into a buzzing, inharmonious chorus. Tigers 9, Yankees 3: Rodriguez Rests, and So Do the Yankees’ Bats 2013-08-10T21:36:33Z
Future price shocks at the pump would still be likely as long as the world depended on unsteady producing nations like Venezuela, Nigeria, Iraq, Libya and Iran, where politics often mixes inharmoniously with crude. News Analysis: Energy Independence in America? Don’t Pop the Cork Yet 2012-11-14T01:52:46Z
Let the pattern be "loud" and inharmoniously coloured, and the chances of its sale in the American market are great. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z
As the sweetest music sounding at the same time with inharmonious notes can but produce harsh dissonance, so the brightest scenes to a mind filled with painful thoughts seems but to deepen their sadness. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z
It is wonderful how, when we are in deep grief, the ordinary sounds and sights of joyous nature strike harsh and inharmonious upon us. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z
His colour, at first cold and rather inharmonious, improved with experience, although he has been pronounced deficient in this respect even in later years. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z
Though very remarkable, it seems to me to be one of the most inharmonious ruins in Greece. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z
The characteristics of Mr. Wordsworth's muse are, simple and flowing, though occasionally inharmonious verse, strong and sometimes irresistible appeals to the feelings, with unexceptionable sentiments. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z
"Insolent!" she murmured, covering her bright cheeks with her hands, and giving me a glance in which amusement, contempt, curiosity, and invitation were not inharmoniously blended. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z
A rambling collection of buildings, seemingly the outgrowth of different periods and conditions, are incorporated into an inharmonious whole. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z
Some of these ploughs were drawn by eight buffaloes, with a boy, singing an inharmonious tune, seated facing backwards on each yoke. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z
So long as the present disjointed and unconnected methods are followed, scattering and sometimes inharmonious results will appear. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z
Patch′y, covered with patches: inharmonious, incongruous.—Not a patch on, not fit to be compared with. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z
Though these lines are rough and inharmonious as compared with the rhythm of Catullus or Virgil, yet they flow more smoothly and rapidly than any of the other fragments preserved from Ennius. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z
With these colours the Roman vitrarius worked, either using them singly or blending them in almost every conceivable combination, sometimes, it must be owned, with a rather gaudy and inharmonious effect. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z
Charity like this confuses all our notions of heaven, and would fill it with a discordant inharmonious rabble. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z
As its inharmonious notes reached his ears, he leant forward and hid his face against the wall. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z
His dealing with this Apostle forms one connected whole, in which there is nothing abrupt or inharmonious, out of keeping, or opposed to what He said to others. St. Peter, His Name and His Office As set forth in holy scripture 2011-11-28T03:00:25.013Z
After chirping rather inharmoniously a few notes, its pipe failed, and it went off the tune. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z
No hand has altered it, that parallelogram,     So inharmonious, so ill arranged; That hard blue roof in shape and colour's what it was;     No, it is not that any line has changed. Poems - First Series 2011-10-28T02:00:21.917Z
This great poem exhibits in its two parts very different characteristics, which yet go to make up a not inharmonious whole. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z
Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, ... The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z
The productions of such a mind, being a transcript of its impressions, would present nothing as real or symmetrical; but everything as disfigured, indistinct, shadowy, inharmoniously blended, or superlatively gigantic. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z
As an offspring of this union, we behold a new code of laws and prescriptions, whose marked and inharmonious features at once betray the dual nature of its progenitors. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z
Discord, dis′kord, n. opposite of concord: disagreement, strife: difference or contrariety of qualities: a combination of inharmonious sounds: uproarious noise.—v.i. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z
There was no inharmonious note: no thrilling short stories, no gaudy chromatic bindings, no slangy terse titles, no magazines or newspapers. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z
The music clashed inharmoniously, and the murmur of the conversation of other diners grated on their nerves. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z
He passed through the little wicket gate into the lane, which led past the schoolhouse to the vicarage, in a preoccupied silence, upon which the unmusical singing of the school-children broke inharmoniously. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z
And in the history of the world, thus far, there has never appeared any high states of civilization without these unequal and inharmonious developments. Insanity Its Causes and Prevention 2011-08-29T02:01:05.400Z
“Doesn’t it strike you as being a little inharmonious?” she asked. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z
What I have translated as 'oxidised silver' is in the original 'blackened nickel,' one of those unfortunate, grotesque, inharmonious expressions of which there are many in this work. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z
True, there were syllabic emissions of sound which might be resolved into words by toning down grunts and inharmonious belchings of thoughts rather than their legitimate utterances. The Mountains of Oregon 2011-07-17T02:00:38.297Z
That amiable girl, by her gentle behaviour, did much to soften the rude, inharmonious elements around her; and the roughest of her father’s roystering companions were silent and respectful in her presence. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z
Sometimes kneeling figures, each of which had been intended to represent the donor of some window, have been brought together in a rather amusing and inharmonious fellowship. York Minster 2011-06-30T02:00:34.813Z
But Dr. Macrae was neither ready nor wishful to bring questions so important to a hurried and already inharmonious discussion. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z
Not a garish tint or inharmonious line interfered with the chaste elegance of the white marble, and the whole apartment, which seemed to be the ante-room of the ladies’ quarters, was lighted with Moorish lamps. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z
And noise there was, a perfect pandemonium of sounds, principally inharmonious. The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z
You smelled it in his ambrosial locks; you saw it in his self-satisfied face, and heard it in his inharmonious voice. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z
But if, as is often the case, they unfortunately place themselves in inharmonious relations to the law, they must, of necessity, fail in part, if not entirely. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z
They are healthy, hearty-looking men, but contrary to our previous experience in this country, they play the most inharmonious airs. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z
There is, however, a good, respectable look about the streets of the Old Town, and signs of solid business, notwithstanding the collections of knick-knackery and inharmonious plate-glass. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z
It is also known that the effect of rhythmical or regular vibrations is more destructive than the effect of those which are inharmonious or irregular. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z
At first by intuition, I think; a certain vague, uneasy consciousness of a strange, inharmonious presence near me. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z
Why among the harmony of colours at the Botanical should there be produced by the conflict of two tunes, taken in different times, but played at the same moment, an inharmonious whole? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 15th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:12.713Z
Their music is so inharmonious, and their dancing so awkward, that they might be supposed to be ashamed of both, as they very seldom practise either. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z
It was all lovely, exquisitely lovely, but, after all, there was something inharmonious, unnatural in it. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z
But the streets retain their old characteristics, and are strangers to any sound more inharmonious than the shouts of sportive children, or the tones of a hand-organ. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z
During a study session last month for provincial and ministerial leaders, President Hu Jintao called for a mix of increased Internet controls and investment in local government services to reduce “inharmonious factors to the minimum.” Well-Oiled Security Apparatus in China Stifles Calls for Change 2011-03-01T02:23:21Z
Her splendid fur cloak had half slipped down from her shoulders; her simple, distinguished toilet stood out in strange relief from the glaring, tumbled, inharmonious, motley evening adornments of the singers. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z
No inharmonious sound disturbed its quiet; even the roaring of the wind outside, dying away in long-drawn notes, sounded like the tones of a distant organ. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z
It was so marked and of such an unrelieved type that, after once seeing the man, you could never again think of him without recalling his lank frame and inharmonious features. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z
He founded his medical practice on a modification of the atomic or corpuscular theory, according to which disease results from an irregular or inharmonious motion of the corpuscles of the body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens"
“That would be preferable to living an inharmonious life.” Zula
But there was, at length, a partial blending of the inharmonious elements, and a prescription made out. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician
How wild and inharmonious is the mingling of sights, as you whirl through continental cities! The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851
A house reclaimed in this way is necessarily a misfit and must always seem inharmonious in its setting. Remodeled Farmhouses
He must subtract himself from an inharmonious three, leaving a perfect two. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath
Dolly was exceedingly susceptible by nature to all artistic effects, and anything inharmonious grated on her. Dolly's College Experiences
In the court-yard, from the dung-heap is heard the cry of children quarrelling, and from round the kitchen fire the no less inharmonious sound of wrangling women. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I.
Wedged in between us was the tea-basket, rattling inharmoniously, but preventing our slipping together in sloping places. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen
The simplicity of the Anglo-Norman style is blended with various specimens of later date, not inharmoniously Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations
But months rolled on and on, inharmonious in their sameness, unrelieved by anything from the monotony of work and sleep. A Bed of Roses
Our effort at musical benevolence became a series of most inharmonious squabbles. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them
The discussion was not inharmonious: we liked discussions. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu
If a human being were to utter such inharmonious and disconnected tones as those produced by the mavis overhead, it would drive me to distraction. On the Heights A Novel
He seemed to enjoy the ride on that still Sabbath—so different, in its calm and quiet loveliness, from all other days in the week—as much as if nothing inharmonious had occurred. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation
Quite the contrary," answered the Italian dryly, "if the Almighty only possesses the slightest ear for music, he will exclude these people from the celestial choirs if only on account of their inharmonious shrieks. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle
Rude musical instruments are brought forth, strange and not inharmonious airs fall upon the ear, supplemented here and there by songs the words of which are utterly unintelligible except to a small circle of participants. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia
No sound had been heard to cause alarm: the bullfrogs growled inharmoniously among the wild spear-grass; the bull-crocodile woke the echoes with his hoarse roar; the black ibis had long ago hushed its harsh screams. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa
We can find in this inharmonious noise, if we consider it psychologically, an expression of joy. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine
The colouring, blue, rose, orange and golden brown, has an effect that is rather inharmonious, but young and fresh. Michelangelo
They have been discarded as unclean things, not because they were ugly in themselves or inharmonious, but simply because they were not English. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde
The creators and governors of a home, who are themselves restless and inharmonious, cannot make harmony and peace. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865
In this view of her privileges she lacked the support of her three brothers: the situation was sufficiently disturbed by their own inharmonious claims. Women of Early Christianity
She was quite provoked that the tinkling of the bells of the cows that were grazing on the mountain patches was inharmonious. Waldfried A Novel
The Pindarique Odes contain weighty lines and passages, buried in irregular and inharmonious masses of moral verbiage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile"
Incongruous, inharmonious, tea-gardenish as it is, there is still a charm in the spot which no efforts of the vilest taste seem able to eradicate. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day
It is fuller of conceits than ever Cowley crowded into the same space; and lines more crabbed and inharmonious Donne never succeeded in perpetrating. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12
"Objection," he says to Walsh, "that the first line is too much transposed from the natural order of the words, and that the rhyme is inharmonious." The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition
For the most part Old Testament names are defective in euphony, and very inharmonious with English family names. Maids Wives and Bachelors
High, noble, savage, inharmonious, rough, fair; all opposites and contrasts that ever existed, blended then. The Wine-ghosts of Bremen
Even Goldoni could not retain his hold on minds which, if they knew it not, needed a more satisfying nourishment than the uninspiring, material rendering of characters overcharged with vices or virtues inharmoniously collocated. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877.
Suddenly a shriek, shriller, more terrible than any other sound in this inharmonious uproar, rang above the din; a shriek so piercing, so heart-rending, that every one gazed trembling in the direction of the sound. A Christian But a Roman
The only inharmonious thing in her entourage was the blaze of the diamonds with which she was lavishly bedecked. The Song of the Wolf
We heard drums and music the whole night, now and then accompanied by the inharmonious roar of their guns. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment
Two middle-aged people, with inharmonious intellects: tastes and habits jarring at every step, clenched together only by faith in a vague whim or fever of the blood called love. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864
A careful study of the effects of colors upon each other will show that colors which are in themselves beautiful are often inharmonious when combined. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home
The vast spaces of the capital, the magnitude of its principal edifices, and the display of gold and colors strengthened the general aspect of unreality, by introducing so many inharmonious elements into the picture. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865
If God does not govern the action of man, it is inharmonious: if He does govern it, the action is Science. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896
If the bees do not settle on any neighbouring tree where they may have the full benefit of the inharmonious music, they are generally assailed with stones. Notes and Queries, Number 237, May 13, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
In the deep green of the bushes a nightingale pealed forth his liquid plaint into the balmy night air, while from the ballroom inside the tuning of violins mingled inharmoniously. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day
So quiet are her operations and movements that none sees that it is she who holds all things in harmony; only, alas, when she is gone, how many things suddenly appear disordered, inharmonious, neglected! Household Papers and Stories
The impression that anybody was being wronged or cheated affected and tormented him as keenly as a discordant note or an inharmonious arrangement of colors might disturb persons of loftier artistic soul. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877
If the arrangement of colors is inharmonious, the design is not beautiful. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1
But how was she to say it, how even to conclude what she had been saying, feeling how inharmonious it was with everything around? A Country Gentleman and his Family
It is in the finest weather that p. 154the colouring of the sky presents the most perfect examples of harmony, in tempestuous weather it being almost always inharmonious The Rain Cloud or, An Account of the Nature, Properties, Dangers and Uses of Rain in Various Parts of the World
The result, while not flagrantly inharmonious, nevertheless gives an impression of imperfection, and tends to alienate the fastidious critic. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922
The noticeable point in the society of Tarr Farm, or rather in the human scenery, for society there is none, is the absurd mingling of inharmonious material. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865
It was too bright for the judge’s mood; it was inharmonious with the penitential night. The Bondboy
More inharmonious still was the immigration from south of the border, of persons brought up on the Declaration of Independence and Fourth of July oratory. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841
The tone was, although wild, not inharmonious, and the words rather euphonious. The History of the First West India Regiment
Here is the case of a superb richness having been added to a plainer body, and by no means inharmoniously done. The Cathedrals of Northern France
It was not an inharmonious picture—Camp Alabama, so we had named it—for it was with a 'here we rest' feeling that a dozen days before we had marched in at noon. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
But the effect of the whole is inharmonious, and the great lines are obscured by over-ornamentation. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule
Oh, do not tremble, my love!" said her husband, "I would not wrong either you or myself, by working such inharmonious effects upon our lives. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories
So his setting was not merely inharmonious; it was damaging. Dr. Sevier
There must have been something soothing, not inharmonious to the poetical mind, in the slumbrous reign which gradually became intolerable to the commonalty and got itself into contempt with all the world. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History
Discordant is applied to all things that jar in association like musical notes that are not in accord; inharmonious has the same original sense, but is a milder term. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions
He had inherited an active mind, and an ambition that made him chafe at his inharmonious surroundings at home. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street
She raised it to her lips, but only a faint inharmonious note came from it. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition.
There was not an inharmonious touch in her attire of soft creamy satin and lace, richly embroidered with golden flowers. When Dreams Come True
The church, which previous to the secession, was strong and flourishing, became an inharmonious organization, and has never rallied from the effects of that unjust action. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III
A contrast that somehow was not inharmonious, and with which the doctor's artistic taste confessed itself bewitched, though Faith's only other remotest ornament was that very womanly one of her rich brown hair. Say and Seal, Volume II
But, my child," said he, "you will have to suffer an inharmonious son of Satan who makes a discordant Hades out of an execrable piano. The Belovéd Vagabond
Their music is so inharmonious, and their dancing so awkward, that they might be supposed to be ashamed of both, as they seldom practise either. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe
He was an inharmonious note in its staid preciseness. Jimsy The Christmas Kid
It was at this time that the meeting, or, rather gathering of the members of this inharmonious family took place in the cell of the elder who had such an extraordinary influence on Alyosha. The Brothers Karamazov
She advised men and women to beware of inharmonious alliances, and made a touching appeal in behalf of the fallen of her sex. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
The inharmonious Democrat-Liberal-Republican alliance increased the Republican majority, but the returns from the South confirmed the suspicion that home rule was in sight. The New Nation
And I believe that the individual is sound, that he is capable of being happy while increasing the happiness of others, or the reverse, according as he reacts harmoniously or inharmoniously towards those universal impressions. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life
As if to add an additional note of discord to the inharmonious interior, a "vaccination museum" has been established in one of the ancient rooms. In Château Land
Between these two extremes there intervene a hundred compromises by which minds and bodies less equally yoked contrive to muffle the discordant notes of an inharmonious wedlock. Apologia Diffidentis
Not infrequently it has been true of them—as it seems to be true of Mrs. Eddy—that their power was generated in the ferment of an inharmonious and violent nature. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908
They say the Italian language is spoken here with great purity of accent, which is remarkable, as it is only twenty miles from the guttural and inharmonious speech of Florence. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.
All that was inharmonious in life—the pain and poverty and unloveliness—became as sin: a continuous crucifixion, hateful, wringing the heart.... The Mother
But perhaps our party was somewhat too large—the elements too many and inharmonious—and I see no reason why we who remain should relinquish our purpose. The Associate Hermits
I said that the music struck up, for, rude as the instruments were, they modulate the sound, and keep time so admirably, that it was any thing but inharmonious. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery
The object is unideal, that is, the novel, external element is inharmonious with the revived and internal element by suggesting which the object has been apperceived. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory
No hand has altered it, that parallelogram, So inharmonious, so ill-arranged; That hard blue roof in shape and colour's what it was; No, it is not that any line has changed. Modern British Poetry
There are several under dear Uncle Ebeneezer’s roof who are afflicted with an inharmonious aura. At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern
But alas! the great majority of human beings are sufferers from the inharmonious and insubordinate action of these servitors. Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis
They had, instead, the effect of a roar and a disturbance, of something inharmonious that caused her to quiver with discomfort. Lisbeth Longfrock
Starting from a false basis, the Brewster theory can only lead to unbalanced and inharmonious effects of color. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma
The elements are inharmonious in some respects—French from the Laurentian littoral, Ontario Scots, Americans, Scandinavians, Teutons, Magyars, Slavs. The Long Portage
Two minutes later Robbie had reached one of the chairs and dropped into it with a limpness strangely inharmonious with her statuesque proportions. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls
When I have left behind the world of inharmonious colors, of polluted waters, of soot-stained walls and smoke-tinged air, the green of jungle comes like a cooling bath of delicate tints and shades. Edge of the Jungle
Then her sensitive ear was tortured by the peasants' music, which beat on and on in monotonous, inharmonious measure all through the night. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg
The same process serves as well to record the most annoying and inharmonious color groups. A Color Notation A measured color system, based on the three qualities Hue, Value and Chroma
He should always avoid discordant and inharmonious company while practicing his psychic power. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers
Their profane songs, ribald jests, and drunken cachinations, inharmoniously mingling with the soft monotone of the sea, have ceased to be heard. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea
Their music is for the most part religious, inharmonious, and unmelodious. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia
But there—there isn't a single inharmonious thing in his house—that is one comfort. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
Brilliant dresses and inharmonious ornaments strike the refined eye with displeasure, the wearer is “loud” in her dress. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide
Too frequent, prolonged, or discordant seances; inharmonious conditions and sittings, when you are already jaded and exhausted, are therefore to be avoided. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers
One, mounted higher than the rest, acts either as the leader of the inharmonious chorus, or does the duty of sentinel. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
He would point out that a certain decoration was too gaudy and profuse and had in it inharmonious colors. Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization
The opposition to the Republican party was weighty in numbers, but inharmonious and with no definite creed. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement
In the one case, you say, the charms are inharmoniously dispersed, and nearly neutralized by meaner surroundings, while in the other they are enhanced by every advantage of position and appropriate accessories. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Or probably there may exist 'cross magnetism,' that is to say the inharmonious magnetism of different members who are antagonistic to each other. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers
It only sings, however, during the spring; at other times its cry is harsh and inharmonious. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
The next line is inharmonious in its sound, and mean in its conception; the opposition is obvious, and the word lash used absolutely, and without any modification, is gross and improper. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II
Aunt Priscilla gave a queer sound that was not a sniff, but had a downward tendency, as if it was formed of inharmonious consonants. A Little Girl in Old Boston
The rope would be inharmonious, startling to the eye, but strong to bind and hold. The Thing from the Lake
If you feel that the circle is inharmonious, or that the sitters are depleted and exacting, refuse to sit. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers
But it was a long job; his movements were uncertain, for every nerve in his body was jumping in its own inharmonious key. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea
In the midst of this clamour of inharmonious voices, it is a little amusing to see how quietly and effectively some women settle the matter for themselves. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands
While listening to it by the mesa, I had noted its tones sufficiently to remember them—round, sonorous, of true Spanish accent, and not inharmonious—though at that moment they grated harshly upon my ear. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
I had no time to devote to the business, and I found the committee inharmonious, and composed, in part, of men utterly unfit and unworthy to lead in such a movement. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872
But at the same time it is a sort of moral serenity that makes him so: an aversion to disturbance, to whatever is harsh and inharmonious. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
As he drifted on with the inharmonious throng, he noticed what seemed the objective of the war. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea
The effect is startling and strangely inharmonious, like the studied distortions of some Japanese patterns, but yet fascinating from its very contrariety to what the eye expects. Paul Patoff
The immutability of Theology is inharmonious to Science—the School of Progress; and long before they had finished their course in these Islands the friars quaked at the possible consequences. The Philippine Islands
From this view-point, the mannered façade and the inharmonious interior matter but little. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1
The Archbishop is a man of mild and grave countenance, but his dress was very inharmonious. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851
It was flanked on the east side by other houses, which fitted in somewhat inharmoniously, but served as school-rooms, dining-hall, chapel, racquets and fives courts, studies, and other dwelling-houses. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Amongst the skulls of birds how readily could the practised observer distinguish the skull of the tuneful, melodious canary from that of the chirping, inharmonious sparrow. Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1
In all the statues of athletes which have come down to us, not one shows an inharmonious development, powerful chest and weak legs, or muscular legs and poor arms. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield
These additions are inharmonious; and the finest part of the façade is the porch, so classic in detail that it was formerly supposed to be Roman, a work of the Emperor Constantine. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1
Thus every movement of sexual hygiene necessarily clashes against an established convention which is itself an inharmonious clash of contradictory notions. The Task of Social Hygiene
We can never forget the vagabond Calathumpians, who employ in their bands everything inharmonious, from a fire-shovel to a stewpan, causing more din than the demons down under the sea ever dreamed of. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
Constrictions, inharmonious and unrhythmic jerks are always out of place in any exercise. How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions
It was all so grotesque, so empty, so play-actor-like—so inharmonious with Death! The Wind Bloweth
It may not be denied that, together with nearly all the Cathedrals of Provence, this interior has suffered from the addition of inharmonious styles. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1
Battles, quadrilles, waltzes dropped from her finger-ends, as if they had been magicians, and so mingled, dislocated and inharmonious, as to make wildest, though still musical confusion. Hubert's Wife A Story for You
Strong souls, thus inharmoniously embodied, have often developed some irregularity of heart or brain: a disproportion, which only strength of purpose or the most favorable conditions of life could balance and overcome. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866
The fourth line of that stanza is unmusical and inharmonious. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
There was no inharmonious, no unfitting thing anywhere. The Daughters of Danaus
They are just as heavy and inharmonious as their name. Dr. Wortle's School
Rosco made no reply, and nothing further passed between the inharmonious pair at that time. The Madman and the Pirate
Having flint and steel, they made a fire, and while thus engaged were serenaded by the distant and dolorous howls of a hyena and the inharmonious jabberings of a jackal. The Settler and the Savage
A grain man might have condemned it as a "crazy quilt" because bits of high color obtruded inharmoniously. Deep Furrows
A young lady becomes enamoured of a magnificent specimen of physical manhood, but she finds to her sorrow that, notwithstanding his beauty, his whole character, in fact, is totally inharmonious with her own. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony
There he was, bow in hand, fiddling with might and main; while below him were a whole pack of wolves, their mouths open, singing an inharmonious chorus to his music. Afar in the Forest
This, said Bulwer Lytton, would be to render to the crown a service that no other could do so well, and that might not inharmoniously blend with his general fame as scholar and statesman. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859
Patty had told the other girls what Mr. Blaney had said, and though they scoffed at it, they agreed not to wear anything that might be too desperately inharmonious. Patty Blossom
And this lesson can only be learnt, by ever watching with a loving eye those wondrous colourings of nature, in which there is nothing inharmonious or out of place. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
The simplicity of beauty is very limited, and he who dabbles in infinite decompositions of color will be certain to encounter turbid and unnatural tones, whose ultimate result will be an inharmonious and disunited whole. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
The union is a compound or a mixture; it is natural, congenial, pleasing, or it is forced, inharmonious, and revolting. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.
The city was designed as a whole, not in a multitude of individually beautiful, but inharmonious units, like some wild mixture of melodies, each in itself beautiful, but mutually discordant. The Black Star Passes
The above definitions are only to a slight extent contradictory or inharmonious. 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
Growth is, in its essence, an emancipative process; and though it sometimes intensifies selfishness and widens the sphere of its activity, that is invariably due to its being one-sided and therefore inharmonious and unhealthy. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular
The company assented, and the stranger, a person of commonplace appearance, was introduced, ate his chop in silence, and then fell asleep, snoring so loudly and inharmoniously that conversation was disturbed. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings
These may be either dissonant, inharmonious in relation to each other, or harmonious, agreeable. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
Her eyebrows were also touched up, and as her eyelashes happened to be dark, the effect was not quite so inharmonious as might have been feared. Sue, A Little Heroine
The moment our author quits this sure ground, her touch becomes uncertain and her colors inharmonious. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860
One-sided growth, inharmonious growth, growth in which some faculties are hypertrophied and others atrophied, is not self-realisation. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular
In my lifetime I had never heard anything so out of tune, so inharmonious, so incongruous, so ill-suited to each other as were those mighty words set to that feeble music. Chapters from My Autobiography
When both engines are going well, and synchronized to the same speed, the roar of the exhausts develops into one long-sustained and not inharmonious boom-m-m-m-m! Around the World in Ten Days
Nature's laws tend to provide an indissoluble union, but divorce represents the protest of the individual against the inharmonious relations he ignorantly or thoughtlessly has assumed. Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves
Yet again laughter, obstinate and irrepressible, shot often in a jarring streak of inharmonious colour across the sombre fabric of her thoughts. Quisanté
In each of these cases the growth made is inharmonious and one-sided: the balance between the two intersecting planes of growth, or between the two opposite sides, has been lost. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular
Quick mobility of expression would have been inharmonious there. Border and Bastille
That which is not beautiful cannot possibly be true, for real nature, which is the expression of Infinite Mind, is always perfect, and no perfect thing can be ugly, discordant, or inharmonious. The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing
So quiet are her operations and movements, that none sees that it is she who holds all things in harmony; only, alas, when she is gone, how many things suddenly appear disordered, inharmonious, neglected! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864
In the first place, I was struck by the inharmonious and ragged appearance of the buildings. Born Again
Satan, also, Lord of the Empire of Darkness, had an Army of Eons or Demons, emanating from his Essence, and reflecting more or less his image, but divided and inharmonious among themselves. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
The turrets at the angles of the summits, and the battlements were added in the fifteenth century, but the effect is not inharmonious, and the original details are well preserved. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
The one artist had an eye for beautiful line, the other had an ear for melodious verse, and both alike shunned whatever was inharmonious, always seeking grace and symmetry. Raphael A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation
The events and epochs of life are logical in their nature, and are harmonious or inharmonious as the affairs of men are controlled by principle, policy, or accident. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions
Such an intermixture at first appears inharmonious, but in reality produces sweet music. History of English Humour, Vol. 2
Yet, notwithstanding the cutting and editing to which it has been subjected, Cymbeline remains somewhat inharmonious alike with the needs of the stage and the apprehension of the public. Shadows of the Stage
That life is too wide and still too inharmonious for clear expression. Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O
The name of Atakulla-kulla would not be inharmonious, compared with some of Mr. Southey's heroes. Early Reviews of English Poets
Some of these seemingly inharmonious productions are really enjoyable when one gets into the spirit of the thing. Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond
The air was filled with the jocund jingling of sleighbells, now coming, now near at hand, now lessening into the distance, a pleasing confusion of silvery sounds, not inharmonious in their varying pitch and intensity. The Mayor of Warwick
To early readers of his poems, before the full meaning of them became evident, his voice sounded inharmonious, because it did not fit in with the exquisite melodies of the later Victorian age. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
I am willing to risk all the anathemas contained in an inharmonious sphere for one touch of your lips. Sunny Slopes
The green woods waved their boughs majestically, while the dying were spread beneath their shade, answering the solemn melody with inharmonious cries. The Last Man
It is all a descent from the Gothic, where we find much that is inharmonious and paradoxical, and a frequent lack of concord between the component parts. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres
His language was sometimes striking, but harsh and inharmonious. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution
Many people of the present day will not be able to understand this feeling, for it pre-supposes a completely inharmonious emotional life. The Evolution of Love
The characteristics of Mr. Wordsworth's muse are simple and flowing, though occasionally inharmonious, verse,—strong and sometimes irresistible appeals to the feelings, with unexceptionable sentiments. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals
Since Love exerts his sway, And bears my sense away, I chant uncouth and inharmonious songs: Nor leaves, nor blossoms show, Nor rind, upon the bough, What is the nature that thereto belongs. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch
The ruddy glare rounds off all hard corners and softens every inharmonious line, flashing fitfully here and there on a steel revolver barrel. The Land of the Black Mountain The Adventures of Two Englishmen in Montenegro
From one who is good everything discordant or inharmonious is separated and as it were taken away, and he is thus let into his own love. Heaven and its Wonders and Hell
We expressed wonder at this, but the lady with whom we had previously talked explained that it would be inharmonious with the Quaker idea to erect a splendid monument to any man. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland
The Campagna is tilled in winter by groups of peasants, who come from the Marches, in long straggling files, headed by the “Pifferari,” those most inharmonious of pipers.  Rome in 1860
Style means correctness, precision, that feeling for the ensemble on which an inharmonious detail jars. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Nor is a rough surface here and there inharmonious with the rugged character of his conceptions. Michelangelo A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Master, With Introduction And Interpretation
The reflex-light, in the mirror behind, is admirably managed; but the figure of Titian, and the lower parts of his Mistress--especially the arms and hands--are coarse, black, and inharmonious. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two
Our churches as a rule are shoddy and inharmonious affairs compared with those in England. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland
One way to render less obtrusive an inharmonious color, if we possess such is to keep it out of a strong light that will attract all eyes to it. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)
There have been famous scholars who have remained crude, unripe, inharmonious in their intellectual life, and there have been men of small scholarship who have found all the fruits of culture. Books and Culture
It was a habitable philosophy, and not too inharmonious. Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy Five Essays
The use of two separate wires, each attached to its own hook, is preferable to the one wire, whose triangular effect is inharmonious with the horizontal and vertical lines of the room. The Complete Home
In his face a glow had risen, harmonising his inharmonious features. The Voice of the People
I saw the disjointed, heavy-laden, torn, inharmonious life of man as it appeared in this community of five thousand souls, before the watchful eyes of its earnest, severe pastor. Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore.
It is cold, abstract, and inharmonious; but its religious spirit and the beautiful truth which it expresses have won for it a welcome which it seems hardly to merit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859
The voice was modulated, low, not inharmonious; yet there was something of metallic in it, akin to that smile in the eyes. What Great Men Have Said About Women Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 77
There was none of his kind to compare him with—not even a mate, for "sexual selection" could not possibly operate in face of so inharmonious a love-song. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118
The expression of the frescos of Domenichino is not inharmonious with the suggestions of this statue. At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe
But where these tones are separate and inharmonious there they work to discord, as we see but too clearly in daily life:— "Wrestling with life and with death, suspended between them we hang." Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore.
The mustache was long and drooping, dyed black and profusely oiled, the dye and the grease forming an inharmonious compound. The Bread-winners A Social Study
Except for the “poetic diction” of putting “Goddess” after “Circe” instead of before it, the first stave is merely a prose sentence, of strictly prosaic though not inharmonious rhythm. Matthew Arnold
It was a harsh, clanging, brazen note, powerful, uncomplicated, which came jangling in, discordant and inharmonious with the tune of the age. A Man's Woman
And so, my dear young friend, I would say to you: Open up your heart; sing as you skate; sing inharmoniously if you will, but sing! Love Conquers All
He wondered once more why they wore such an inharmonious and conspicuous uniform as blue frock coats and baggy red trousers. The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne
Many more are rendered inharmonious by failure of parents to agree as to the management of children. Vocational Guidance for Girls
It would be inharmonious for the Japanese servant to love his master; he never even talks of it. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji
Page 95 Not till five centuries later did Buddhism enter China and complete the triad of religions—a triad strangely inharmonious; indeed one can scarcely conceive of three creeds more radically antagonistic. The Awakening of China
The proceedings of the inharmonious Congress of Vienna were, however, rudely interrupted by the sudden return of Napoleon from Elba. History of Holland
The characteristics of Mr. W.'s muse are simple and flowing, though occasionally inharmonious verse, strong, and sometimes irresistible appeals to the feelings, with unexceptionable sentiments. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals
It is the art of keeping the correct feeling which makes or mars a room of this kind, and no pieces of markedly modern and inharmonious furniture should be used. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today
His own voice was of the harshest and most inharmonious texture; but by his advice and instructions he formed some of the first singers in Italy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844
Still, it passed the time, and he was surprised out of a sort of reverie by the clanging of the porter's inharmonious bell. Father Stafford
No; evil must arise from "disorderly and inharmonious motion." Christian Mysticism
The surroundings of all the sacred places are so inharmonious that, while he can never regret his pilgrimage, he can scarcely regret that it is over. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885
They had had a decidedly inharmonious one early in January of 184-, and Deacon Callendar had spoken his mind with his usual blunt directness. Scottish sketches
If some one gives you an inharmonious work-bag, either build a room up to it, or give it away, but never hang it out in a room done in an altogether different colour scheme. The Art of Interior Decoration
A common objection to brick houses is their redness; but there is no law against painting them, if their natural color is really inharmonious. Homes and How to Make Them
Wild but not inharmonious music from shaven-headed members of an orchestra of weird instruments—gongs, shawns, cymbals, long silver trumpets—deafened the ears. The Jungle Girl
His figures are clumsy and brutal and inharmonious in colour, but his landscapes have the merit of a robust simplicity of vision. The French Impressionists (1860-1900)
I found that I was inharmoniously developed in many points of my frame,—was perilously weak in the sides, between the shoulders, and at the back of the head. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862
They seemed less inharmonious to their surroundings then than now, less offensive to the general air of antiquity. Saracinesca
But with the development of culture the tendency is for this homogeneous conception to be split up into two inharmonious tendencies. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women
Parents' marriage was very ill-assorted and inharmonious, the father being of great stature and the mother abnormally small and of highly nervous temperament, both of feeble health. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion
The church bells ringing for evening prayer, with the hum of voices from the shore, mingled not inharmoniously with the rush of the rapids. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America
"For fear," replied the expert, "lest anybody should spoil the effect of your salon by entering it in modern costume inharmonious with it." Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
The three bells were clanged inharmoniously until a boy who was stationed at a point of vantage told the ringer "she's a-comin'." The Parish Clerk
In the one instance where women secluded themselves it was shown with appalling force that the result was tawdry and inharmonious. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
You may hear boys and men imitating the most inharmonious and vociferous street-cries solely for the purpose of exercising their lungs and making a noise. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876
Keep guard; and when the blood stagnates within, when secret shudders, and gloomy thoughts, and inharmonious feelings arise, be sure that some poison-breathing foe is at hand. Strange Visitors
Antonyms: inharmonious, discordant, antagonistic, incompatible. harmonize, v. agree, chime, tally, correspond, accord; adjust, reconcile. harmony, n. concord, agreement, concurrence, consonance chime, unison, unanimity; concordance, congruity, adaptation, consistency. Putnam's Word Book
When I have a mind that is filled with negative, discordant or inharmonious thoughts, I am separating myself from the full expression of the Divine within me. The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It
He scowled at each one, but they did not appear to him quite so inharmonious as those which marred the more picturesque and retired spots which were his favorite haunts. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work
Around are all the common farm-house sounds,—the poultry making a pleasant recitative between the carols of singing birds; even geese and turkeys are not inharmonious when modulated by the diapasons of the beach. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II
Both the fan and the silver outfit looked so inharmonious in my little room with a small window on a triste court with a yard full of blindingly white snow. Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated
As to teaching style to one with inharmonious or defective natural powers, you might as well attempt to teach a thrush to sing the songs of the nightingale. Essays Æsthetical
The God energy within transforms all inharmonious conditions without into a perfect harmony within. The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It
Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace forever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake. Voices for the Speechless
On the contrary, the bell is imperfect and inharmonious, and requires, in the opinion of those best informed, and of most experience, to be recast. A Collection of College Words and Customs
What is crude, vulgar, inharmonious, in art and music to some people, arouses extreme aesthetic appreciation in others. How to Teach
The women sang the praises of their master in a loud unpleasant voice, in which they were assisted by the music, equally inharmonious, of drums, fifes, clarionets, and horns. Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa
For success, health and happiness we must in the silent chambers of the soul change our thinking if we are holding negative or inharmonious thoughts. The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It
With passages of Titianesque splendour there are to be noted others, approaching to the acrid and inharmonious, which one would rather attribute to the master's assistants than to himself. The Later Works of Titian
So fine were his emotional sensibilities that it was almost more than he could endure to hear—as he was compelled to day after day—the seamy, inharmonious, sordid, and criminal side of life. Analyzing Character
It should become familiar with spiritual language and modes of action, and meet nothing that is inharmonious with these. Our Lady Saint Mary
With Thiers he got on much better; principles apart, their temperaments were not inharmonious. Cavour
My conditions and my environment, although outwardly inharmonious to my likes and tendencies, are changed by the alchemy of my thinking into a perfect symphony of happiness for me now. The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It
As I have already said, we see nothing on this journey but many and large companies of camels, which march one behind the other, while their drivers shorten the way with dreary inharmonious songs.  A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
The architecture is a medley of debased gothic and corrupted Roman; but the large pointed windows, decorated by fanciful mouldings and scroll-work, have an air of richness, though the component parts are so inharmonious. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2
In the same way, the character of our thoughts and feelings act to repel thought or emotional vibrations of an opposite or inharmonious nature. Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
The small units were forever unsympathetic and inharmonious, jealous over a petty "balance of power" and always liable to war. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe
A multiplicity of colours, though not in themselves inharmonious, is never pleasing. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
A great and inharmonious din is thus caused.  A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy
When she ceased, I woke from a dream, chaotic, but not tumultuous, beautiful, but inharmonious. The Morgesons
Always avoid discordant and inharmonious company when practicing psychic powers. Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
It is chiefly Perp., with an ugly and inharmonious modern clerestory; but there are some remains of the Dec. period in the N. porch. Somerset
Instances might be multiplied without end of incongruous inharmonious blending of colours, the mere sight of which is enough to give any one a bilious fever. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
Even "sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh" are often pleasing when mellowed by the space of air through which they pass. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden
In the official accounts there have been inharmonious deductions, and many statements of a contradictory character. Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation
As all occultists know, everyone draws thought vibrations in harmony with his or her own; and also repels thought vibrations of an inharmonious nature. Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
And, indeed, his government did present these two phases, so different and inharmonious. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3
She, who could reign so imperially in tragedy, had glided back to her better-loved kingdom of comedy, and what cared her captivated hearers if this self-same epilogue made an inharmonious ending to a serious play. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield
Who knew'st, perchance, to harmonize thy shades Still softer than thy song; yet was that song Nor rude nor inharmonious when attuned To pastoral plaint, or tale of slighted love. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden
You know he's written an essay about it; says it is vulgar, and entirely inharmonious with that Revelation of Humanity that is found in the teachings of Comte. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
So, in short, we go through life attracting or repelling, psychically, others in harmonious or inharmonious psychic relation to us, respectively. Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
But the account which they give of their sensations seems to me more like the nervous disgust which I described as arising from a constantly repeated mental and emotional adjustment to inharmonious surroundings. Human Nature in Politics Third Edition
Their liveries are prune and scarlet, and look so inharmonious, and they seem to have crests and coats of arms on every possible thing. The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel
The pictures were unintelligible to her: she kept her face turned to the inharmonious shew of paint and gilding only because she shrank from looking at the people about. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
The lower part of the figure is stiff, and the manner in which the shoulders are united to the breast, and the neck to the head, abundantly inharmonious. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
He is the last vestige of the old wandering minstrels of bygone days, playing his inharmonious concertina in the hall of the manor house regularly at Christmas and at other festivals. A Cotswold Village
He wished the Bishops had stuck to their own Convocation from Plantagenet times, instead of intruding their inharmonious white sleeves where they were not wanted. Essays in Rebellion
I hated the stuffy malodorous classrooms, with their whistling gas-jets and noise of inharmonious life. The Ghost Ship
It does not appear so rich as the smaller church, but boasts of a little organ, which sent forth singularly inharmonious cries. The Voyage of the Beagle
His genius was responsible for the inharmonious window above the main entrance. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti
To dream of attending a party of any kind for pleasure, you will find that life has much good, unless the party is an inharmonious one. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition
This second Eumaeus strode hastily down the forest glade, driving before him, with the assistance of Fangs, the whole herd of his inharmonious charge. Ivanhoe
But how establish this marvelous proportion, so essential that without it a portion of human labor is lost,—that is, useless, inharmonious, untrue, and consequently synonymous with poverty and annihilation? System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery
Our dogs gleefully augmented the volume of inharmonious sound. Indian Boyhood
"And the poor folk who had to eat it whether or no," said the inharmonious man outside the window. The Mayor of Casterbridge
To see your husband depart from you, and as he recedes from you he grows larger, inharmonious surroundings will prevent immediate congeniality. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition
But for me it would have been the despicable, broken-backed, disjointed, inharmonious figure five hundred and fifty-four. Alarms and Discursions
I do not blame the author of things for having made me an inharmonious creature, an incoherent assemblage; I could exist only in such a condition. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery
Towards the end of 1830 he began to write for the Revue de Paris, a journal with which his relations, generally inharmonious, culminated in the celebrated lawsuit of 1836. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings
No hand has altered it, that parallelogram,   So inharmonious, so ill-arranged; That hard blue roof in shape and colour's what it was;   No, it is not that any line has changed. Georgian Poetry 1916-17 Edited by Sir Edward Howard Marsh
To dream of vinegar at all times, denotes inharmonious and unfavorable aspects. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition
A shape hitherto unnoticed, stirred, rose, came forward: a shape inharmonious with the environment, serving only to complicate the riddle further. Villette
I understand inharmonious competition and its irresistible eliminating effects: this is inevitable. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery
There was the music—the same Scotch reels and Irish jigs, played on squeaking fiddles, which were made more inharmonious by the accompaniment of shrill Pandean pipes. Run to Earth A Novel
A blank dismay, such as could seldom have been visible there, a strange mingling of annoyance, contempt, and fear, clouded it with an inharmonious expression, which made him look much like a discomfited commoner. Weighed and Wanting
To see inharmonious influences, strange and grotesque faces or empty tables, is ominous of grave misunderstandings or disappointments. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition
The good woman, who acted as guide to the Falls could not hold her tongue for a single moment, and her loud inharmonious tittle-tattle put us in ill-humour for the rest of the day. Holidays in Eastern France
It disturbed him, this recitation; it struck him as crude and inharmonious…. Dream Tales and Prose Poems
There are moods, however, for which men are not responsible, and the parent of these is sickness—the feeble or inharmonious movements of the body. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays
The characteristics of Mr. Wordsworth's muse are simple and flowing, though occasionally inharmonious verse; strong, and sometimes irresistible appeals to the feelings, with unexceptionable sentiments. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1
To dream of a raven, denotes reverse in fortune and inharmonious surroundings. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition
It was not until the second boatman answered the song, that the brothers felt how little the charm lay, in the voice of the gondolier, and that, heard nearer, the sounds were harsh and inharmonious. A Love Story
Arthur urged Helen's going home to lunch with himself and Edith, but to Helen the morning was far too precious to be ended in a possibly inharmonious meeting with Mrs. Fenton. The Pagans
Indeed it gave him a certain bitter satisfaction, as offering a not inharmonious setting to his own thought. The Far Horizon
The five calves were all bawling in a chorus of complaint against their forced separation from their mothers, and the deeper, throaty tones of the cow mingled not inharmoniously with the sound. Lonesome Land
An inharmonious or displeasing convention brings you disappointment. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition
The expressions of the figures are exaggerated and unnatural, the color, though strong, is cold and inharmonious, the drawing feeble and incorrect, the sentiment inconceivably material. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics
It was described afterward as inharmonious and ill-disciplined, but so far as report went at the time Caesar had never encountered so formidable an enemy. Caesar: a Sketch
It held relics, moreover, wholly dear to him, and to introduce into it this inharmonious and, in a sense, degraded presence savoured of desecration. The Far Horizon
In the Love Comedy, as a scoffer he is inharmonious. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
To see your neighbor carrying in hods, foretells your surroundings will be decidedly distasteful and inharmonious. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition
They left hard, definite, clear-cut crystals for us to deal with, separate, immiscible, inharmonious substances. Impressions and Comments
If one looks at it as a whole it's as inharmonious as a high, huge stage with its tiny figures before the footlights. A Fountain Sealed
If Byron could be brought to confess the inharmonious nature of evil, it is obvious that to most poets the beauty of goodness has been undeniable. The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years
Nearing this, they heard the occasional inharmonious notes of an Indian flute among the trees. The Way of an Indian
He warbled the refrain of the Colonel's song, not inharmoniously; and saluted its pathetic conclusion with a subdued hiccup and a plentiful effusion of tears. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
As I made my way in the midnight darkness, I wondered why the miraculous meeting had ended on an inharmonious note. Autobiography of a Yogi
But an injury done to the house cannot be forgotten, for it is the flaw in the stone that keeps its place, the crude, inharmonious color which cannot be washed out with water. A Crystal Age
Though the topmost leaves of the mangroves fail to disclose any movement in the air, an unceasing and inharmonious hum tells of the sea idly shouldering the orange-hued sands outside. Tropic Days
Still further, the characteristic Renaissance lack of certainty as to the proper materials for poetry is sometimes responsible for a rudely inharmonious element in the otherwise delightful romantic atmosphere. A History of English Literature
Many there be, who, through the vale of life, ����With velvet pace, unnoticed, softly go, While jarring discord's inharmonious strife ����Awakes them not to woe. The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas
It is true that there are not wanting respectable authorities whose definitions of the words "republic," and "republican," are strongly inharmonious with their true meaning, as correctly understood by the great bulk of Americans. The Great Conspiracy, Volume 7
Simple expression has the same advantage over flowery language as a simple and artistic room has over a room filled with gaudy, inharmonious embellishments. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2
The tone was, although wild, not inharmonious, and the words rather euphonious.  At Last
His language is generally pure, and his numbers not wholly inharmonious. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I.
A rude or harsh word, a loud, angry tone, jarred on his every sense like a discord in music, or an inharmonious color; so he never used them. Mercy Philbrick's Choice
Some of the serious scenes are also extremely well written, and the blank-verse, interpersed with rhymes, as was usual in our earlier dramas, by no means inharmonious. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8
It was written at Ravenna, and at the suggestion of the Guiccioli, to whom it is dedicated in a sonnet, prettily but inharmoniously turned.  The Life of Lord Byron
Something inharmonious about the little woman, a queer lack of adjustment between voice and mouth, struck me as singular, but not unpleasing. Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch
The dining corner had a round table and high-backed chairs finished in weathered oak, and when all was in order the effect was not inharmonious. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville
By rough he meant what his fellows meant when they spoke of the voice as harsh, grating, jarring, discordant, inharmonious, strident, raucous, or unmusical. The Century Vocabulary Builder
However true this may be, it is an undeniable fact that between the most devoted of life-mates there will come inharmonious moments. The Moccasin Maker
The repast of that hour was wanting in the inharmonious accompaniment with which Esther ordinarily enlivened their meals; for the effects of the powerful opiate the Doctor had administered still muddled her intellects. The Prairie
At last the creeping hours would bring luncheon, when the same inharmonious party would assemble around the same ungenial table, and eat and drink without enjoyment or gratitude. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths
But mankind differs from all other things in nature by being inharmonious, disorderly, and miserable. The Eve of the French Revolution
Which of the great musicians has not enriched his art not only by the discovery of new harmonies, but by proving that sounds which are actually inharmonious are nevertheless essentially and eternally delightful?  The Fair Haven
And yet, his watchful eyes swept keenly to right and left, as he breasted the singularly inharmonious waves of the weaker sex. The Midnight Passenger : a novel
Where it had stood, the dissatisfied French army, under inharmonious leaders, now saw only a heavy bank of clouds and every sign of the approaching storm. Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867
Is it not a fact, established by the most reliable medical authorities and celebrated criminologists, that crime is fostered in the minds of children begotten of inharmonious relationship? Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information
The azure blue of the sweater she wore presented an inharmonious note on the field of velvety green;—it was strangely out of place, he thought,—almost an offence to the eye. Green Fancy
For ugliness of shapes, and for miracles of ugly colors inharmoniously associated, they were a record. Following the Equator, Part 7
It seems colorless—inharmonious—inadequate; and I am sensitive to such things. Following the Equator, Part 5
Is not everything one sees merely a complex of inharmonious bombast, aped gesticulations, arrogant superficiality?—a ragged suit of motley for the naked and the shivering? Thoughts out of Season Part I
We distinguished, during the rain, three different frogs, which made a very inharmonious concert. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845
Here we have inharmonious natures of our own and others to contend with. Dawn
Taking all the antecedents of this case, we will not wonder, when told that quite from the beginning of so inharmonious a union, Dexter found himself disappointed in his bride. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
His poetry is generally not of a very high order; lively, and with happy turns and expressions, but injured frequently by a sort of quaintness, and a somewhat inharmonious rhythm. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1
Somewhere among these trees there was hidden a nightingale, which sang with intensity to Athens spread out below, a small maze of mellow lights and of many not inharmonious voices. In the Wilderness
That necklace of pearls, if half hidden among soft laces, would be charming; but banding the uncovered neck and half-exposed chest, it looks bald, inharmonious, and out of place. After a Shadow and Other Stories
She saw many living together in wedlock, under the most debasing influences, void of every grace and feeling which makes life holy and refined; bringing into the world children, gross, dull, and inharmonious, like themselves. Dawn
If the union be harmonious—internally so, I mean—peace, joy, interior delight will go on, finding daily increase—if inharmonious, eternal discord will curse the married partners. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
The truth was, the action of their lives had been inharmonious. After the Storm
Ugly, immense, unfriendly, it struck an inharmonious note in the riotous free growth of the surrounding woods. Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby
Disease is abnormal or inharmonious vibration of the elements and forces composing the human entity on one or more planes of being, in conformity with the destructive principle of Nature applied to individual life. Nature Cure
I believe some of the most inharmonious offspring are brought into the world, under the sanction of marriage-children diseased, mentally and physically; and worse than orphans. Dawn
For the last two years all around me has grown silent, and my occasional contact with the outer world is inharmonious and dispiriting. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2
So, when we came together in marriage, the action of our lives, instead of taking a common pulsation, was inharmonious. After the Storm
She and George Melville had sung duets together, and from that had been led to try a duet through life; and a very sad and inharmonious life they had made of it. Mr. Hogarth's Will
"Disease is abnormal or inharmonious vibration of the elements and forces composing the human entity on one or more planes of being, in conformity with the destructive principle of Nature applied to individual life." Nature Cure
An hour's walk in any community, will bring to any one's observation inharmonious children. Dawn
I remember the dulcet notes of a poem written years ago, which were wont to edify the court with a strain that would sound inharmonious there to-day. Prince Eugene and His Times
I asked, mindful of the inharmonious socks and tie. Simon the Jester
Thus this process of economic transformation passed from the coast towards the mountain barrier, gradually eliminating the inharmonious elements and steadily tending to produce a solidarity of interests. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829
That which is destructive is inharmonious or discordant vibration. Nature Cure
The one inharmonious element was that of Uncle Charlie's indisposition—not only the fact that he was suffering, but also the nature of his ailment. Missy
All this misshapen, jumbled, inharmonious ugliness must be wiped out! The Metal Monster
Health from reliance on spirituality 166:15 The erring human mind is inharmonious in itself. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures
The Chinese are a noisy people, their language is inharmonious, and the lower class male voices, at least, are harsh and coarse. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
This could be expected to furnish forth a parliament of a pretty inharmonious sort, and make legislation difficult at times—and it does that. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories
Some day I may admit males, but I don't know—they are capricious and inharmonious, and their ways provoke me a good deal. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906)
Bandstand, Arabic; picturesque, but inharmonious; obstructs view through entrance court. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth
The apocalyptic effect of the scene surrounding her was, indeed, not inharmonious, and afforded an appropriate background to her intentions. Two on a Tower
Underneath the inharmonious and trivial particulars, is a musical perfection; the Ideal journeying always with us, the heaven without rent or seam. Essays — Second Series
“Well, bees can’t be put off,” observed the inharmonious grandfather James.  Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school
Her former pretty color struck him also as having changed of late, and as being irregular and inharmonious. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation
Moments when the inharmonious becomes harmonious, the indiscreet discreet, the inefficient efficient, and the inevitable evitable. Under the Redwoods
We learn to live with her, as people learn to live with fretful or violent spouses: we dwell lovingly on what is good, and shut our eyes against all that is bleak or inharmonious. The Pocket R.L.S., being favourite passages from the works of Stevenson
She started "Coronation," that spirited and always inspiriting battle song of the church—jubilant and militant—a melody that is also admirably adapted for blending rough and inharmonious voices. A Face Illumined
They are just as lively, restless, bold, and wary; their notes are very similar, chirping and inharmonious, and they seem to be almost as fond of the neighbourhood of man. The Naturalist on the River Amazons
Almost every hour of my deck-watches I listen to this infernal din, and am maddened into desire to join with Mr. Pike in a night attack and put these rebellious and inharmonious slaves to work. The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Unfortunately he had none of his father's physical repose, and his strength often asserted itself inharmoniously. One of Ours
Besides, a man represents a certain inharmonious element upon such an occasion as this. Phyllis of Philistia
No president ever had a Cabinet of which the members were so independent, had so large individual followings, and were so inharmonious. My Memories of Eighty Years
The furniture in this room is no worse than inharmonious, however, for we had to bring it all from downstairs. The Yellow Wallpaper
But I do not reproach this colonist of Sulla, born in an unhappy time, for making inharmonious verses or for being, if it be possible, as bad a poet as Bavius or Maevius. Penguin Island
The connection is often abrupt and inharmonious, and far from clear. Philebus
A mass of inharmonious structures, it is dominated by a donjon. Mystery of the Yellow Room
Even in the same sentence he may employ both modes of speech not improperly or inharmoniously. Gorgias
The majestic hall seemed to smile upon the guests, and nothing could be noticed in all that pomp either inharmonious to the eye or offensive to the smell. The Danish History, Books I-IX
That is a selfish, one-sided, inharmonious affair, full of discomfort, and productive of most unchristian feelings. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
There were other voices of the night still more inharmonious. The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life
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