| 单词 | inutility |
| 例句 | He reasoned logically on the inutility of human grief, and still more on the vanity of regretting that which could not be recalled. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z He shouted, and called, and thumped, just as you or I might have done, without any regard to its manifest inutility. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z That which is an eternal subject of dispute is an eternal inutility. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z To the present day this opinion has prevailed to a revolting degree, and it is no easy matter for the humane physician to convince a keeper of the cruelty or inutility of this practice. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Repentance supposes sobriety and few wants; hence the inutility of riches. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z At the time of his death he was engaged in sketching the lives of the Irish viceroys, with the view of showing the inutility of that high post. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z Certainly we are drifted upon the quicksands of uncertainty by such a display of the miracle-working power, and are obnoxious to most fatal deception, which proves the total inutility and futility of such prodigies. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The young and healthy creatures of inutility had to shift; but the very old, the decrepit—those who had become stiff and grey in his uncle’s service—were pensioned off. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z This little incident confirmed my opinion of the usefulness of poetry against the universal judgment which regards it as an inutility. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z In spite of the inutility of his miracles, Paul worked more at Lystra; he there cured a lame man, in whom by mere inspection he discovered much faith. Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z Obviously, therefore, the inutility in such cases is taken to have been prior to any utility subsequently acquired; and genera are not historically prior to the species in which they originate. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z We are doomed to pass a long winter of absolute inutility, if not of idleness, in comparative peril and privation; nevertheless the men seem very happy—thoughtless, of course, as true sailors always are. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z He resumed his writing, and Mrs. Clavering, after pausing a few moments, saw the inutility of urging anything further, and walked slowly and sadly back to the house. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The social utility or inutility of the labour is a mere inference from the social utility or inutility of the product, and it is therefore the latter consideration that influences value. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z The enemy now saw the inutility of any flank movement, and once more advanced in lines, redoubling their efforts to reach the island. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z But this is clearly quite a distinct matter from resisting the a priori generalization that all cases of apparent inutility must certainly be cases of real utility. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z Paul's characteristic teaching was the inutility of circumcision, and upon this point he sustained the incessant attacks of the emissaries of James and the Judaistic party without yielding or compromise. Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z No words could express the dulness and inutility of a collection which should embrace all the Roxburghe and Pepys broadsides—a scope with which this publication was most undeservedly credited by an English journal. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z We shall first point out the inutility of distinguishing science from culture, education from instruction. The Reform of Education 2011-07-18T02:00:21.207Z Is not this supremely ridiculous? and the absurdity is only heightened by the inutility, for I do not find that the Israelites were ever let off from any punishment by reason of the scapegoat. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z For I have always held that it would be "rather rash" to conclude that any given cases of apparent inutility are certainly cases of real inutility, merely on the ground that utility is not perceived. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z Impatient in his inquiries and researches, and perhaps irritated at their inutility, he has brought to him torches, chains, levers, and all those instruments invented for producing pain. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z But let me warn you once more against the inutility of the step you would take. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z In spite of its commercial inutility, there are few trees of the South American forest more interesting than the manguba. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z To go back to Judaism, to ally one's self with an outcast race and a dying religion is, he thinks, an act of folly only paralleled by its inutility. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Nevertheless the inadequacy, the inutility of her method of life was very forcibly presented to her, and she seemed to be beating at the bars of her cage. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z In the edition from which my translation is chiefly made, four poetical quotations are here inserted on the subject of fate, and the inutility of anxious forebodings. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments Janet listened eagerly as Harry spoke of the inutility of their search, and then the poor girl shrank back; but attention was drawn from her by a sharp cry of pain from Canau. A Little World A very large amount of testimony, going to show the inefficiency and inutility of medicine, might be presented; but I have limited myself to a selection of some of the more striking and important. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician It was all very clean, but the room conveyed at the first glance an overpowering idea of its own absolute inutility and vanity. Rachel Ray My friends finding the inutility of the attempt, proposed my returning to Bridgetown, and seeking redress from the Governor. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I The failure, too, of the Granville-Gortschakoff negotiations to define a neutral zone had convinced this country of the inutility of solving the question between the two countries by treaty. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar It was not merely his loneliness that he felt in that great crowd, but it was his utter inutility—his actual worthlessness—to all others. Tony Butler They do not, at first blush, appear to discharge any very great or necessary function in life; but we must by no means, from that, infer their inutility. The Fortunes Of Glencore Let none therefore be surprised if our love fastens on these majestic dogmas, by which we are more and more overshadowed, on these higher inutilities which are our vocation. Underground Man Public attention is in many cases being drawn to the inutility and injury of out-door relief. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" The negative character—like Marie’s—just yields to the modern facts and is swept along by them into final irresponsibility and inutility. The Women of Tomorrow It is simply that one has come to enjoy a season of lordly inutility, when for the space of a day or two the cash-nexus hangs upon the world as light as air. The Book of This and That And have you not, while heartily wishing yourself in the saddle, felt the utter inutility of administering any counsels to the rider? The Fortunes Of Glencore Furthermore, its utility depends on the state of the art at the time of making the claim or issuing the patent; its subsequent inutility does not invalidate the patent. Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman O'Shea pulled up, and knowing, probably, the utter inutility of employing Joe at such a moment, got down himself to see what was amiss. One Of Them I am appalled by the absolute inutility of it. Seeds of Pine There is no harm in that—a due sense of the inutility of non-compliance with the order of "Drop," and a wholesome dread of the attendant penalty, will be advantageous. The Dog This view of the inquiry, as an analysis of the intellectual causes of doubt, will also explain one or two peculiarities in it, which, if left unnoticed, might leave an impression of its inutility. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The main current of routine was a hopeless monotony of official correspondence, investigations, statistics, reading and reporting on the interminable and flatulent maunderings of the Legislature,—duties heart-breaking in their desperate tedium and maddening inutility. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel But Buddha did not set out to teach a religion, but rather the inutility of all creeds. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion He has no thought of the utility or inutility of the act itself: the deterrent is the mainly vague, but partially definite, fear of evil that may follow. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I He withdrew to his parish, imputing the inutility of his prayers to the want of faith of those who were present. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. With the enemy in this attitude upon strong ground, General Yule saw the inutility of further efforts of this kind, and gave the order for retirement. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Three causes were alleged for the abolition of the Congress—its obscenity, its inutility, and its inconveniences. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction Despite his earnestly-avowed opinions as to the inutility and fallaciousness of all psychological inquiries, he is compelled to admit that "the phenomena of life" are "known by immediate consciousness." Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles "Their small quantity does not indicate their inutility," he sagaciously remarks. Manures and the principles of manuring St. Ambrose says, "The magician perceives the inutility of his art, and you do not yet understand that the promised Redeemer is come." The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. I tried to see the Jong Pen, but he pleaded illness and the inutility of a meeting in which he had nothing new to disclose. An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet Its inutility; for what could be less certain and more defective? Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction Although the theory of the absolute inutility of art has met some strong criticism, let us accept it for the present. Essay on the Creative Imagination Their commercial inutility and political mischievousness had been so 'unanimously demonstrated,' that the French empire must soon be delivered from 'this cumbrous and destructive appendage.' The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill We quarrel with them, not on the score of form so much as on that of inutility and undue contrast of colour. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Then another, not less painful and more important, creeps into the brain, namely, the absolute inutility of all that one can do or learn. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly He convinced his auditors, both male and female, of its impiety and inutility, and caused hundreds of those pretended charms which, upon that occasion, were voluntarily delivered up to him, to be publicly burnt. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction Nevertheless, the inutility of play is far from proven biologically. Essay on the Creative Imagination The Memorial was probably presented to Lord Grenville; but its inutility, or danger, in the proud and exacting mood then prevalent at Paris, is obvious. William Pitt and the Great War And she wrung her hands in intensity of conviction of the inutility of aught she could do. Curious, if True Strange Tales He returned each time to the fort more gloomy and more harsh; and this was not the way to restore calm to spirits embittered by sufferings and the inutility of their efforts. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World This frank admission of the inutility of stretching debate over two sittings not agreeable to feelings of those responsible for weary waste of time. Punch, or the London Charivari, May 27, 1914 While putting his things in order he thought of the inutility of decorated rooms. En Route Yet he gazed half-fiercely at his priestly adviser, when suddenly his gloomy eye brightened; the inutility of ambition was forgotten; unconsciously he clasped the arm of the joculatrix, who had drawn near. Under the Rose The natural and spontaneous relief which usually interposes in these cases has doubtless been observed by the extensive cattle breeders of the West, and their practice and example fully establish the inutility of interference. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Elizabeth adopted the system of her two predecessors both in the creation of boroughs and the recommendation of candidates; but her keen political instinct soon perceived the inutility of both expedients. History of the English People, Volume IV If you would not be a brilliant inutility, a man of gold lace and plumes, but empty inside, you must play the star rôle in the simple spirit of the most obscure of your collaborators. The Simple Life The Count d'Artois soon arrived, and confirmed by his return the taking of Lyons, and the inutility of his efforts. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I He had grown already into an unutterable bore, and when he insisted upon passing the night with me I could—but for the obvious inutility of the thing—have lost my temper fairly. Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray I tried to see the Jong Pen, but he pleaded illness, and the inutility of a meeting in which he had nothing new to disclose. In the Forbidden Land Last of all, on the same high authority, we are told of their perfect inutility, "since there is nothing that they do could not be better done by a machine." Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General The impolicy or inutility of sumptuary laws was not in this age acknowledged. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth It is surrounded by a wall, but which, from long neglect, originating perhaps in its inutility, has become dilapidated, and interests only as an ancient ruin. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 And, as you love your country, keep it free From those whose utter inutility For any good is proven by their pride Of blood; they have not aught to boast beside. The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic Then I saw the inutility of reason in such a case. My New Curate I should even think that I well redeemed the inutility of many of my days that are past, if I could render these sad remains of any advantage to your brave countrymen. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica To many of these experiments we should take no exception on the ground of inutility or excessive production of pain. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals What I saw of it further convinced me of its undesirability, of its inutility. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques He demonstrated the inutility of all elevation, and declared that the Andes were the aristocracy of the globe. The Young Duke With the fountain base for an anvil and the loosened border stone for a hammer he beat the weapon into shapeless inutility and flung it away. The Price The very philosophy which makes such a man covet the quiet, will make him eschew the inutility of the hermitage. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry He had returned to his soothing way of speech, as though definitely resigned to the inutility of farther argument. The Fruit of the Tree But, in spite of his general inutility, Rob was a capital companion on a country ramble. What Might Have Been Expected Others were sensible of the inutility of present resistance; and a still greater number, fatigued and harassed with militia duty, were willing to withdraw from the conflict, and, as spectators, to await its issue. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States If Broffin's dead cigar had not been already reduced to shapeless inutility, Miss Grierson's cool announcement, carrying with it the assurance that his secret was no secret, would have settled it. The Price Also he built and maintained in a state of inutility, nine and one-half miles of military swamp road, over which no gun nor detachment of troops ever passed. The Challenge of the North And, as he came to understand James more thoroughly, he had found his visits increasingly irksome, all the more so, as he felt their inutility. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain The Emperor and the grand army, therefore, preserved towards each other a melancholy and noble silence; they were both too proud to utter complaints, and too experienced not to feel the inutility of them. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 He was but a majestic inutility in the constitution. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Notwithstanding natural prejudices, which in his case, however, are not very strong, it is probable that he now sees the inutility, and understands how visionary are the ambitious projects which he once entertained touching Servia. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels Such are some of my difficulties respecting your theory of the impossibility and inutility of any and all external revelations. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic With respect to the utility or inutility of your minority's joining the Commons, I am unable to form an opinion for myself. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 But the inutility of such productions is obvious. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Henceforward, without doubt, he renounced politics; the example of Judas, the Gaulonite, had shown him the inutility of popular seditions. The Life of Jesus The use of gunpowder, and the consequent inutility of armour to defend the person in battle, gradually put an end to these animating shows. The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science And will there never arise a man superior to this man, who will demonstrate its inutility? 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. To add to her agitation at this crisis of her life, the top button came off her glove, and when that happened I felt the inutility of words. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') This kind of innocence in proprietors may be argued into inutility; and inutility into an unfitness for their estates. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) Can Congress, after the repeated unequivocal proofs it has experienced of the utter inutility and inefficacy of requisitions, reasonably expect that they would be hereafter effectual or productive? American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) But I cannot agree with the noble lord, nor with the pamphlet from whence he seems to have borrowed these ideas concerning the inutility of the trade laws. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) On referring to all the passages indicated by him I find that, in regard to specific characters, Mr. Darwin is very cautious in admitting inutility. Darwinism (1889) The theme is, of course, the inutility of the new learning, Hebrew and Greek and correct Latinity. Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850 We never grudged millions to burrow beneath New York for light, or for drink or speed, why then should we grudge them for the beautiful inutilities that might make the surface of the city splendid. The Collectors A gentleman, on the contrary, in addition to his other noble inutilities, is useless as an almanac. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 It is not necessary that I should say more upon the inutility of this office. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) But Montaigne says nothing is useless, not even inutility itself. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 366, April 18, 1829 It is deceitful or it would never blind people as it does to the inutility, the futility of much of their goodness. Quit Your Worrying! I do not want a costly apparatus to give pomp to my pursuit or to disguise its inutility. Ralph Waldo Emerson I know the inutility of too soon comforting. Yesterdays with Authors This view of the case yields an ample refutation of those arguments frequently adduced of late, in certain quarters, to prove the inutility of classical studies. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 In Henry IV.'s reign, the adoption of the mixed armour soon pointed out, by experience, the inutility of retaining the ringed hauberk. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 583, December 29, 1832 This single story was deemed by him, and had been considered by others, as a sufficient proof of the barbarity of the Africans, and of the inutility of abolishing the Slave-trade. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808) Volume II Afterwards, his tormentors, wearied by the inutility of their violence, left him forgotten in the dungeon. The Shadow of the Cathedral He saw the inutility of his efforts; henceforth, prudence and courtly behavior put a seal upon his lips. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 The danger, and the inutility of expressing fears which could only perplex her guide, made Venetia silent, but she was terrified. Venetia Mr. Corréard persuaded of the inutility of making fresh applications, gave up for the present all farther solicitation for what he had so well deserved by his courage and his services. Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia. Sea-going Torpedo Boats.—The inutility of small torpedo boats at sea.—The construction of larger ones discussed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 The inutility of science, written in a merely technical form, is well exemplified in the instance of Cicero. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828 It is to the honor of mankind and their consolation under great reverses that political checks and the inutility of their efforts do not obscure the glory of great men. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 Useless to think of them when we are talking about palaces, minarets, mosques and other archaeological inutilities. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent However pride, prejudice and personal interest, may deceive themselves respecting the re-establishment of our Western Colonies, nobody will be able longer to dissemble the inutility of attempts to persevere in a false route. Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia. He reasoned long on the inutility of the war, and the little provocation which had been given for it. The Voyage of the Beagle The inutility of her best efforts, however, palsied the poor old gentlewoman. House of the Seven Gables The negative character—like Marie's—just yields to the facts and is swept along by them into final irresponsibility and inutility. Stories from Everybody's Magazine Some papers which his hand brushed within the safe he pushed aside as though preadvised of their inutility to one of his calling. The Oakdale Affair For the first time in her life she dimly faced the awful problem of the inutility of self-sacrifice. Bunner Sisters Lumbermen, foes to idleness and inutility, swarm again about their winter's trophies. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Turl paused for a moment, and then replied: 'I would most willingly, Mr. Trevor, comply with your desire, were I not convinced of its absolute inutility. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor The abuses and inutility of monastic vows were at this period admitted by every one, even by the clergy. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 These, being cast upon the heap of inutility, aggregated it to the size of a mountain, and incensed the atmosphere with such potent fragrance that methought we should never draw pure breath again. Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") Feeling the inutility of answering these charges, I mutely continued the correction of a pile of English exercises. Villette The inutility of these attempts proved no manner of discouragement to the Spaniards. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing This cruelty becomes still more absurd, when experience has shewn its inutility: the habit of witnessing ferocious punishments familiarizes criminals with the idea. The System of Nature, Volume 1 The convention then returned within the house, overwhelmed with a sense of their powerlessness, convinced of the inutility of their efforts, and entirely subdued. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 Yet she couldn't let it go on—this gigantic inutility, this mammoth lack of practical, efficient management. Ptomaine Street What you contend for respecting the utility, or inutility of the christian hope of future felicity. 4th. A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation He raised the standard of revolt against the worship of antiquity, and would have dethroned poetry itself on the ground of its inutility. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities For, provided the national flag is victorious, he cares little about the expense, the injustice, or the inutility of the war. The Crayon Papers The royalist leaders, convinced of the inutility of longer resistance, left the town, and the republican army entered the walls, where they awaited the orders of the convention. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 She laid her hand lightly upon his arm, warning him of the inutility of his protest. The Web of Life The very philosophy which makes such a man seek the quiet, makes him eschew the inutility of the hermitage. Devereux — Complete The very philosophy which makes such a man seek the /quiet/, makes him eschew the /inutility/ of the hermitage. Devereux — Volume 06 The inutility of Parliamentary Reform was ever obvious since Mr. Rigby was a member of the House of Commons. Coningsby All persons will be sensible of the inutility of the many expensive ceremonies, which contribute nothing to public felicity. Good Sense She heard, with a sense of inutility, Arnaud denouncing the outrage; he had a pencil in his hand for the composition of a telegram to Dodge. Linda Condon I could not encourage a hope of success, and therefore gave up the point, not from want of means, but a conviction of the inutility of any further efforts. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 "Yet you see," returned he, "the utter inutility of the attempt; you see, and I told you beforehand, that nothing could save him." Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 This shows the perfect inutility of fortifying the old town of Vienna against a foreign enemy. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 God himself, if there were a God, would not be free: hence the inutility of all Religion 85. Good Sense It is needless to dissemble, that Dr. Johnson, in the life of Roscommon, talks of the inutility of such a project. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes But, setting aside all considerations of the inutility or noxious character of luxury, there is one vital difference between the employment afforded in the two cases. Problems of Poverty This single story was deemed by him, and had been considered by others, as a sufficient proof of the barbarity of the Africans, and of the inutility of abolishing the Slave Trade. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) From these concessions however we are by no means authorised to infer their inutility. Four Early Pamphlets To perceive the inutility of religious notions, we have only to open our eyes and contemplate the morals of those nations, who are the most under the dominion of religion. Good Sense Life itself to make it supportable, should not be considered too near; my reason represents to me in vain the inutility of serious reflections. Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) A few words of Condivi's show the grief and discouragement which the capriciousness of Leo, and the inutility of the work the master was employed on, caused Michelangelo. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation Yet eminent writers had long pointed out the inutility of torture. The Eve of the French Revolution It ought to make us, as a class, terribly ashamed of our own utter and abject inutility.' Philistia Absurdity and inutility of all Mysteries, which were only invented for the interests of Priests 114. Good Sense I will not, therefore, talk of its impropriety, but endeavour to prove its inutility. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World That was my first mistake; the second was to yield to him concerning the latter part of his programme; but opposition to Mr. Poor, Jr. had a curious effect of inutility. The Beautiful Lady Finally, the inutility of such a sally presented itself forcibly, since there is, so far as I know, no record of the reformation of a Socialist after the habit is once firmly established. The Inhumanity of Socialism Our own dog is a standing example of canine inutility. The Fiend's Delight There was something noble in the way in which Harviss belittled his own share in the achievement, and insisted on the inutility of shoving a book which had started with such headway on. The Descent of Man and Other Stories But this must be admitted, that, if such a state of mutual war and violence was ever real, the suspension of all laws of justice, from their absolute inutility, is a necessary and infallible consequence. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals The enemy's cavalry were by this time nearly disposed of, and as they had discovered the inutility of their charges, they commenced annoying us by a spirited and well-directed carbine fire. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo One glance at his pale countenance had revealed to him the inutility of the condescension of the supreme pontiff, who with a weary sigh sank back into the depths of an arm-chair. Joseph II. and His Court Accustomed from the age of eighteen to be exposed to the connon-ball, and knowing the inutility of precautions, I abandoned myself to my fate. Napoleon Bonaparte Sire, I beseech your Majesty to consider the inutility of such a measure."—" Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 13 Ulysses Aldrovandus was a celebrated naturalist of the sixteenth century, and his work on natural history, in thirteen folio volumes, contains with much that is valuable a large proportion of fables and inutilities. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable Every one now saw the danger and inutility of approaching the camp thus near to the castle, and those who had counselled it were now urgent that it should be withdrawn. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada This was not the first time that Dare, either from incompetence or indolence, had shown his inutility as a house-surveyor and draughtsman. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day With the conserved hope of more than half a year dashed away in a moment, he could yet feel that the cruelty of a protest would be even greater than its inutility. The Trumpet-Major The two were clad in new suits of immaculate duck, with American straw hats, and carried canes of remarkable uniqueness and inutility. Cabbages and Kings But I must convey the inutility of such effort by inference, not falsity.’ The Man But, alas! women never can be for me other than an adorable inutility, a part of the dream of my life. Samuel Brohl and Company She sighed and shook her head, realizing the inutility of Hope—yet the tempting bait dangled before her mind's eye—Ja-lur! Tarzan the Terrible Organs or parts in this strange condition, bearing the plain stamp of inutility, are extremely common, or even general, throughout nature. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition This was not from modesty, but from resignation founded on reason, which had demonstrated the immediate inutility of his gifts, the impossibility of entering and living in the sphere for which he was fitted. Z. Marcas We must always, as the Castilian proverb says, take the bull by the horns; when a bull has once seen the inutility of his defence and of his strength he is beaten. The Marriage Contract But not losing his head as yet, the murderer left the avenue and came boldly into the street, walking very gently, like a spectator who sees the inutility of trying to give help. Juana Whereas the ordinary lumber-room of clubs from New Zealand, Hindu idols, sharks' teeth, mangy monkeys, scorpions, and conch shells—who shall describe the weary inutility of it? Autobiography and Selected Essays Organs or parts in this strange condition, bearing the stamp of inutility, are extremely common throughout nature. On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life It was divided in mind as to what to do, the absolute inutility of any effort balancing strongly against a sense of what the invalid expected. The Riverman She did not even try to make a decision because she well understood the inutility of her efforts. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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