| 单词 | irretrievable |
| 例句 | It sinks like a stone, and the rope—which has been gnawed upon by the feral brains—snaps, sending the bell to the irretrievable depths. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Prim makes a sound—such a lost, irretrievable sound—that I can’t even imagine what they have done to evoke it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I can see it back there, innocent and beribboned, like a child’s doll: irretrievable. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If the larger picture of ancient forager life is hard to reconstruct, particular events are largely irretrievable. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The drawings, beautiful and grim in equal measure, open up an emotional chasm of imminent and irretrievable loss. 2017 California-Pacific Triennial at OCMA: The art of building up (and tearing down) 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Like much of her music, “Chemtrails” often bends backward to grasp at an elusive and irretrievable prelapsarian state. Lana Del Rey Takes a Road Trip Into the Past 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z "The loss of American silent-era feature films constitutes an alarming and irretrievable loss to our nation's cultural record," he wrote. Study finds most US silent films have been lost 2013-12-04T21:16:25Z Mute, disposable, functionless, they are the survivors of a specific and irretrievable event. I Don't Believe in Outer Space ? review 2011-02-27T00:05:44Z Again and again, Crosby describes her sense that the accident has stripped her of some irretrievable part of her identity. A Professor’s Memoir of Life Inside a Ravaged Body 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Which means that every photograph is equivalent even as each one is distinct, and that they all capture a precise present and register its conversion into an irretrievable past. Riff: On (Digital) Photography: Sontag, 34 Years Later 2011-05-08T05:30:17Z One of the missions of the Encores! series is to showcase worthy scores from forgotten or fundamentally irretrievable shows, and “Irma La Douce” definitely qualifies in this respect. Theater Review: ‘Irma La Douce,’ Back on the Streets 2014-05-08T19:50:34Z The movie's Philippa feels a kinship with Richard III, whose remains were long presumed to be scattered and irretrievable. Steve Coogan on finding "The Lost King": "It's not a journalistic piece. It's a point of view" 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Regardless of the format, the family therapists I spoke with seemed to think that the more communication the better — that mind-reading is an irretrievable art form. Motherlode Blog: Diaper Duty, Divided and Decided: Sign Here. 2012-05-25T20:18:23Z Omar’s divorce filing, for example, cited only an “irretrievable breakdown” as the reason for the end of her marriage. Think divorce is miserable? Try getting one while serving in Congress. 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z He ended up explaining why all music is fundamentally sad: As sentient beings, we’re always departing an irretrievable present, which leaves us in a perpetual “state of melancholy” — a sorrow that infuses all knowledge. For Cass McCombs, the truth is blowing in the apocalyptic breeze 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Or: “Yet really, apart from the sense of irretrievable loss, there was nothing wrong at all.” Favorite Books of 2014 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z It reminded me of the irretrievable moment in childhood when we have “not a care in the world.” Jason Segel: By the Book 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z The images provide the context for that incredible voice, which, as Cohen points out, "penetrates, and recalls the soul of an earlier, irretrievable time". The High and Lonesome Sound: The Legacy of Roscoe Holcomb by John Cohen – review 2013-03-03T00:05:06Z “This is not an irretrievable situation,” she said. Democracy May Prove the Doom of WBAI 2013-08-20T22:18:03Z The once dazzling and now irretrievable – Everett's memories are a reminder that even superstars turn to dust. Vanished Years by Rupert Everett – review 2012-10-05T21:54:01Z He cited an "irretrievable breakdown of the relationship," the site said. David Duchovny, Tea Leoni finalize their divorce 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z “He sat down on the divan. ‘We’re more than halfway,’ he thought, ‘the afternoon started an hour ago. Valuable time, time irretrievable, have I squandered.’ ‘The Evenings,’ a Dutch Classic, Arrives in English. It Only Took 70 Years. 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Boseman's death represents something irretrievable, reminding us that we can only learn to live with loss, as Shuri ultimately must do. "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" earns its inheritance by embracing loss and matriarchal power 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Like a Fabergé egg or a Persian miniature, it speaks of an irretrievable past, when time moved differently, craftsmanship involved bygone tools and art was experienced more rarely and with fewer distractions. The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at 50: Still Full of Joy and Whimsy 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z There is an almost Caulfieldian sense of grief about the irretrievable past. A Capacious New History of the Beastie Boys by the Two Who Remain 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Posner toys with plot points and character names, but the basic storyline is the same and the essential Chekhovian angst over squandered potential and irretrievable loss is preserved. Review: Chekhov knew ‘Life Sucks.’ Aaron Posner’s Vanya redo turns it into an invigorating question 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The result, she claimed, was “irretrievable reputational and emotional harm,” with herself and Bartiromo scapegoated in the Dominion lawsuit as “sacrificial female lambs.” Fox News settles for $12 million with ex-producer who alleged intimidation during Dominion suit 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z If it should prove a mistake to abandon it, the blunder once made would be irretrievable. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The requests to Snapchat, however, failed to yield worthwhile evidence because Jackson and the boys used settings that made the images they shared irretrievable, according to charging documents. Ex-Sumner High coach pleads not guilty to allegedly sexually abusing players 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z And the settings Jackson and the players used made the photos and videos irretrievable for investigators. Ex-Sumner coach charged with child rape, molestation of players 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z If Fox had escaped accountability in this case, the damage to our democracy could have been irretrievable. Fox News caves, and the real winner isn't Dominion — it's democracy and the rule of law 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Landowners may have trouble collecting relief funds or insurance benefits without a clear title or legal deed, documents that might be irretrievable after the storm. Insurance losses from Mississippi tornado nearing $100M 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Snapchat messages vanish from users’ phones in 10 seconds, and Jackson and his accusers used privacy settings that rendered the images irretrievable, Snap Inc., Snapchat’s parent company, told police. Four Sumner basketball players sue school district over coach’s alleged abuse 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z But Snap Inc., the app’s parent company, told detectives the images were irretrievable on its servers because of the settings Jackson and the players used. Warnings, complaints, disappearing messages and Sumner coach accused of sex abuse 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Richardson wonders if he was describing the sense of the irretrievable transience of life that had overcome him at his wife’s death and that this glimpse into the grave had confirmed. Review | For three famous writers, grief was crushing — and transformative 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z They have suffered irretrievable losses: a loved one, a place to call home, and for some, any hope for the future. Ukraine’s tragic week shows there’s no safe place in war 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Straddling between ridges in southeast Turkey, the Ilisu Dam is — for Iraqis — a stark reminder of an irretrievable past. Politics, climate conspire as Tigris and Euphrates dwindle 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z "The utmost significance of legislating nuclear weapons policy is to draw an irretrievable line so that there can be no bargaining over our nuclear weapons," Kim said in a speech to the Supreme People's Assembly. N.Korea makes nuclear weapons policy 'irreversible' with new law - KCNA 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The Social Media Victims Law Center, a Seattle law firm focused on social media companies, has two pending lawsuits against Snap over irretrievable, deleted messages involving suspected drug dealers. Warnings, complaints, disappearing messages and Sumner coach accused of sex abuse 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Even without backup, in the modern world deleted text messages are rarely irretrievable. How did the Secret Service lose its Jan. 6 texts? So far, the explanations won't wash 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Destroying these platters will not always make your data completely irretrievable, but it makes the process of salvaging any of it more trouble than it is worth in all but the most extreme cases. Deleting files is not enough. Here is how to properly erase hard drives. 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Taking a scan of an injured brain often produces a map of irretrievable losses, revealing spots where damage causes memory difficulties or tremors. They Were Cigarette Smokers. Then a Stroke Vanquished Their Addiction. 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z “If the U.S. continues to go down the wrong path, there will be irretrievable consequences … and the U.S. will have to bear an unbearable price,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin warned. To deter China on Taiwan, Biden needs to reassure 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z The judge previously heard from a specialist who said scans showed that Archie had suffered "irretrievable" brain damage. Archie Battersbee judge to visit brain-damaged boy in hospital 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Here, it isn’t just an irretrievable past that keeps flashing before her eyes; it’s all the tantalizing possibilities of a better, more fulfilling and meaningful life than the one she’s been leading. Review: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is, for better or worse, exactly that 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The Bramble Cay melomys is hardly the only irretrievable casualty of the warming world. With ‘Limited Amount of Time Left,’ New IPCC Report Urges Climate Adaptation 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z The unforgettable closing image contains emotional multitudes, and it throws the meaning of all three stories into subtly clarifying relief: The past may be irretrievable, but the present is still a gift. Review: The marvelous Japanese trilogy 'Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy' is well worth a spin 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Instead, a spouse or a couple will be able to apply for a divorce by making a statement of irretrievable breakdown. Civil partnership: Call for same sex affairs to be grounds for split 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The book touches on the terror of the Nazi years and the repression of imposed by communism, all filtered through a sense of longing for a sensuous and irretrievable past. Stephen Vizinczey, Hungarian-born author of ‘In Praise of Older Women,’ dies at 88 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, he has effectively left the relationship — been removed from the relationship — in a permanent and irretrievable way. My Stepdad Has Alzheimer’s. Can My Mom Date Someone Else? 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z “It lies at the very heart of our country’s effort to identify those who would inflict upon the public irretrievable loss.” Appeals court upholds constitutionality of terror watchlist 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Nicola Sturgeon's long standing alliance with her predecessor was in the process of breaking down and the day of the Daily Record scoop was probably when it became irretrievable. Salmond and Sturgeon: How the best of political double acts fell apart 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z “We are gratified that the court recognized the irretrievable harm these laws would cause to patients, and that it stepped in quickly.” US judge again blocks new Arkansas abortion restrictions 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Yesterday's Gone got to number 37 in the UK in 1963, but their career in Britain suffered an irretrievable blow after the press discovered Clyde's aristocratic background. Chad & Jeremy singer Chad Stuart dies aged 79 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z To dispose first and investigate later is an invitation to disaster, for once radioactive elements have been deposited at sea they are irretrievable. Why the Democrats failed again: On the cosmological emptiness of liberalism 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Cobb fears too many such closures would mean loss of something irretrievable in his beloved Nashville and elsewhere. COVID-19: ‘The Bitter End’ for nation’s live music venues? 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged officials to maintain alertness against the coronavirus, warning that complacency risked “unimaginable and irretrievable crisis,” state media said Friday. The Latest: India adds 20,000 virus cases, over 370 deaths 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z The agency said Kim sharply criticized inattentiveness among officials and violations of emergency anti-virus rules and warned that a “hasty relief of anti-epidemic measures will result in unimaginable and irretrievable crisis.” Asia Today: Kim urges North Koreans to keep up virus fight 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z “Indigenous heritage is being destroyed at a rapid rate and it can’t be replaced, it’s irretrievable,” she said. Mining Firm Plans to Destroy Indigenous Australian Sites, Despite Outcry 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z The administration squandered two irretrievable months to prepare. Pulitzer winner Chris Hedges: These "are the good times — compared to what's coming next" 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Citing an “irretrievable breakdown” in her marriage, Omar filed for divorce from her previous husband in October amid allegations that she was having an affair with Mynett, a consultant for her congressional campaign. Omar’s marriage to political consultant draws renewed scrutiny of campaign spending 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Somehow, McNeil takes these services as a sign of a “limitless spirit of compassion and generosity” — not the irretrievable breakdown of all the other institutions that used to share the work. Review | Inside the unnerving world of Silicon Valley — and how it invaded cyberspace 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Titanic, Inc., called witnesses before a federal judge on Thursday to explain why the company should be allowed to possibly cut into the rapidly deteriorating ship to recover the device before it’s irretrievable. Firm wants to recover the Titanic’s iconic telegraph machine 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The negative momentum consumes them and, despite the players’ best efforts and all the fighting talk, the situation seems irretrievable. Mauricio Pochettino and his broken Spurs hit their lowest ebb | David Hytner 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z “It’s not irretrievable,” he added with a smile. Danny Willett glad to be back in the Open frame after long slump 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z There was even one dumped in a beautiful ravine where it looked to be irretrievable. Rant & Rave: More lemonade please 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z A sense of disorientation is a wholly appropriate response to a movie in which the past is both irretrievable and unshakable. Review: Bi Gan's time-bending noir ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ is a magical piece of filmmaking 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z But Hunter says some files are incomplete and possibly irretrievable. Oklahoma AG says ex-publisher’s victims can get music files 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Fifty years ago, many Americans thought Mississippi itself exemplified irretrievable depravity. Opinion | People have a remarkable ability to rehabilitate. Courts should recognize that. 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The women pass down their spells from generation to generation, bound by the terrible weight of history, the sense that the past is at once irretrievable and inescapable. Review: Luca Guadagnino's 'Suspiria' remake casts a powerfully brutal, sorrowful spell - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The proposed changes, which were leaked earlier this month, include making "the irretrievable breakdown of a marriage" the sole grounds for a divorce. Reform of 'archaic' divorce laws revealed 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z His death also punctuates the passing of an era of American politics, one that in these troubled times seems almost irretrievable. Analysis | The passing of John McCain also marks the passing of an era 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z He added: "We are certain he is somewhere in the Suffolk waste disposal system, but his remains are essentially irretrievable." Missing airman 'in waste disposal system' 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Today, the Supreme Court should hear Chandler’s case to provide standards requiring sentencing courts to be serious when making an extraordinarily serious judgment about someone’s “irretrievable depravity.” Opinion | People have a remarkable ability to rehabilitate. Courts should recognize that. 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Throughout the UK there is one legal ground for divorce: the "irretrievable breakdown" of a marriage. The blame game: Divorcing in the UK 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z A bigger environmental worry is that much plastic has ended up in the ocean, where, dispersed by currents, the stuff becomes virtually irretrievable, especially once it has fragmented into microplastics. The known unknowns of plastic pollution 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z And, of course, if a user loses the password, the data is irretrievable. How Secure Is Your Data When It's Stored in the Cloud? 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The odds were long enough on his playing competitive golf at all that Woods should be afforded breathing space; and praise for bouncing back from what looked an irretrievable predicament. Tiger Woods may not win again but his latest comeback can still inspire | Ewan Murray 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Williams is rightly lauded for his bleak songs of irreparable heartbreak and irretrievable loss, but he was just as brilliant when writing about the times where the darkness hadn’t yet completely edged out the light. Hank Williams – 10 of the best 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z What is wagashi but a way of making beauty out of the onrush of days, marking each infinitesimal shift in season, each irretrievable inch around the sun? Sweets as Poignant as Poetry 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Just two Pennsylvania inmates have been resentenced to life without parole, which the nation’s highest court said should be uncommon and reserved for the rare offender who “exhibits such irretrievable depravity that rehabilitation is impossible.” AP Investigation: A patchwork of justice for juvenile lifers 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z This run seems unlikely to lead to a major franchise overhaul, but every missed opportunity is an irretrievable chance to claim hockey’s ultimate prize during the Anaheim core’s ideal window. After another strong season, Ducks again fail to reach goals 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Or we fail to prioritize time with someone we care about, then wish longingly for a restoration of an opportunity that’s now irretrievable. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z For this, irretrievable lifetimes of pain and sorrow are the exchange? Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z It was agreed between Transocean, ALP, the coastguard and other emergency authorities that Winner was irretrievable. Where oil rigs go to die 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z A year later, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department said the situation was irretrievable and asked the court for a liquidation order. Policyholders in Limbo After Rare Failure of Insurer 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z The future of civilization is at grave risk from irretrievable environmental damage. Depressed by Politics? Just Let Go 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “We’ve got good people who will work hard at it, but there is no question that this has already created an irretrievable cost,” Hayden said. Officials worry that U.S counterterrorism defenses will be weakened by Trump actions 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z “The proposed road would bisect a designated wilderness and cause irretrievable damage to the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge,” said Patrick Lavin, Alaska representative for Defenders of Wildlife. Alaska village pins hopes for road through federal refuge on Trump 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z There’s a kindness in the face of irretrievable loss. So long, Leonard Cohen. We need you now more than ever 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z But only rarely is it productively accidental, enchantingly dreamlike and charged with a palpable but irretrievable meaning. Strangely Enough 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The no-fault-divorce revolution eventually made grounds of “irreconcilable differences” or “irretrievable breakdown” available in every state. What “Divorce” Understands About Marriage 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z The whole thing is a mess and, at the heart of it, the damage to Allardyce’s professional reputation is irretrievable. Arrogant clot, for sure, but did this really merit England ditching Allardyce? 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The phone isn’t worth much, but the photos of my new grandson on it are priceless and irretrievable. Rant & Rave: tennis-court etiquette 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z I think it’s likely the Democrats will come together, and I don’t think there are such irretrievable differences and wounds that can’t be dealt with. ‘I work. I write. And do some politics’: Sidney Blumenthal talks Lincoln, Clinton and Trump 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Certain words became irretrievable, sentences coiled inside her mind and refused to come out, belongings vanished: keys, glasses, earrings. Fraying at the Edges: Her Fight to Live With Alzheimer’s 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z To read about these fights today is to feel the glow of the irretrievable past. Paul McCartney’s Magnificent Melodic Gift 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z If indeed this is what happened, it is not easy and there's a high risk of causing so much damage to the phone that the desired data becomes irretrievable. Cracked iPhone: Should you be worried? - BBC News 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z As Justice Anthony Kennedy noted, some juvenile offenders may indeed exhibit “irretrievable depravity.” Editorials from around New England 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Any photos or other data held on the handset is lost – and irretrievable. ‘Error 53’ fury mounts as Apple software update threatens to kill your iPhone 6 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z Kennedy acknowledged that the court’s 2012 Miller decision recognized that a judge “might encounter the rare juvenile offender who exhibits such irretrievable depravity that rehabilitation is impossible and life without parole is justified.” Supreme Court: Life sentences on juveniles open for later reviews 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z “A sentencer might encounter the rare juvenile offender who exhibits such irretrievable depravity that rehabilitation is impossible and life without parole is justified,” he wrote. Justices Expand Parole Rights for Juveniles Sentenced to Life for Murder 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z He described the death of Bowie as an "irretrievable loss". Chris Hadfield: Bowie knew what it would be like in space - BBC News 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Here, she’s both ferocious and fragile, single-minded and at sea as she copes with irretrievable loss and the uncertain gift of a wide-open future. ‘Room’ takes the parental bond to harrowing and tender extremes 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Many were surprised to learn last month the governor’s wife of 50 years, Dianne, filed divorce citing “an irretrievable breakdown” of their marriage. Alabama editorial roundup 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Kennedy acknowledged the difficulty of determining decades later whether a judge was correct to have justified sentencing a youth to life imprisonment because of “irretrievable depravity.” Supreme Court: Life sentences on juveniles open for later reviews 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z After the discovery of the slightly deflated footballs, Mr. Brady destroyed his own cellphone so the 4,000 or so messages on it were irretrievable were he to be investigated. Letters: Here's to one more year of Vin Scully 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Photograph: Sandra Auger/Reuters As for Palmyra, are the losses irretrievable or might the city’s main buildings be reconstructed at some point, I ask Burns. Isis’s destruction of Palmyra: ‘The heart has been ripped out of the city' 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z It is a chance to be compensated for property long-since written off as irretrievable, and for some, an opportunity to heal old wounds still raw after decades. As U.S. and Cuba Relations Warm, Property Claims Issue Is Revived 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z According to the IRS, Lerner’s hard drive shut down in 2011, making her emails irretrievable. As many as 24,000 Lerner emails irretrievable 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z We seem to think that we can substitute an irreplaceable and irretrievable beauty with something which we have created ourselves. The Pope's encyclical on climate change – live reaction and analysis 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “We seem to think that we can substitute an irreplaceable and irretrievable beauty with some which we have created ourselves,” Francis concludes. The pope's five most important environmental arguments 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The information commissioner found that unlawful surveillance was used by the council as part of their disciplinary process before they sacked her in September 2012, citing an "irretrievable breakdown in the working relationship". Teacher broke disciplinary rules 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The commander of a normal unit keeps a log of operations in which he puts the intelligence information, each battle, all the plans, and the particulars of all irretrievable losses. How Russians Are Sent to Fight in Ukraine While Ostrow found other space to get some of his 85 employees back to work, he wasn’t able to recover his accounting records – they had been destroyed in the quake and were irretrievable. SungardASVoice: How The Loma Prieta Earthquake Pushed Me Into The Disaster Recovery Business...And Others Out Of Business 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z We seem to think that we can substitute an irreplaceable and irretrievable beauty with something which we have created ourselves. The Pope's encyclical on climate change – live reaction and analysis 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z This is no mere passing argument, but an irretrievable relationship breakdown, one built on slow-burning resentment, from which there is no way back. No wonder superstores are dying – we’re sick and tired of their culture 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z They gave the reason for their split was “irretrievable breakdown of the marriage” with “no chance of reconciling our differences.” Family Matters: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the Women in His Life The company said: "Deleting files from your Android phone before selling it or giving it away is not enough. You need to overwrite your files, making them irretrievable." Naked selfies found on old phones 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z This would not be surprising, but it represents a loss that is, in one sense, irretrievable. How to Bring Back the Nigerian Schoolgirls, Three Months On 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Meg Irsay filed in November for divorce from her husband of 33 years, citing an "irretrievable breakdown" of the marriage. Colts Owner Jim Irsay Jailed, Could Face Felonies 2014-03-17T16:03:05Z Just a few weeks ago, some were viewing the Nets as an irretrievable disaster. Raptors 104, Nets 103: Nets Give Up Chance to Close Gap on Raptors 2014-01-28T04:26:35Z Fact number 4: Iran’s second best alternative to the irretrievable status quo ante is simply a protracted war. The Lede: Last Words From a Beirut Bombing Victim 2013-12-27T19:26:33Z Any definitive insight into the formative stages of Roman architectural hubris lies irretrievable beneath layers of the city’s repeated renovations through the time of caesars, popes and the Renaissance. Rome’s Start to Architectural Hubris 2013-08-19T21:59:15Z I think the HET as an organisation itself is irretrievable at this point. HET treated state cases differently 2013-07-03T13:00:01Z Many regularly delete old messages to save on disc space or suffer irretrievable losses when disk drives malfunction or laptops are stolen. Bringing internet snooping to book 2013-07-03T07:56:00Z In New York, claiming irretrievable breakdown for more than six months is an easy path to an uncontested divorce. Rupert Murdoch's aim: A divorce with little fodder for tabloids 2013-06-15T01:01:00Z While it is true that bitcoins lost or forgotten are ultimately irretrievable, I view that as a feature not a bug because it is the prevailing trait of a digital bearer instrument. Bitcoin Obliterates "The State Theory Of Money" 2013-04-03T17:19:51Z The situation was not irretrievable, but required swift action, he added. Coast 'must have higher priority' 2013-01-22T08:29:11Z It clearly fails to venture even as far as one millimetre beyond stating the obvious, while high streets slide further into irretrievable decline. It's time the experts took their share of blame for high street woes 2013-01-11T12:44:56Z Because if we pull the plug it would be irretrievable. India may shut Kingfisher as strike ground fleet 2012-10-05T14:02:43Z If market forces are to be the determinative factor in the quest for truth then, just like most economies, we will be heading for irretrievable meltdown. Justice can't be treated as a business enterprise 2012-08-29T20:30:00Z Lawyers for the club said the ban would cause them "utterly irretrievable" prejudice if it was upheld. Rangers launch SFA legal action 2012-05-28T14:48:05Z Lawyers acting for the financially stricken Ibrox club said the ban would cause them "utterly irretrievable" prejudice if it was upheld. Rangers launch SFA legal action 2012-05-25T14:13:47Z He wished to forget the deep hole into which he had poured so much irretrievable gold. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z How many thousands of soldiers must he gather together so as not to court irretrievable disaster? The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z His friendship with Blond suffered no diminution; and the society of his sister and Eliza, soothed even whilst it added to his affliction, for the irretrievable loss of the latter. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z By one rash childish act had this fondled youth, to all appearance, brought upon the house of Israel irretrievable disgrace, if not complete extinction. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z That the boy never decided to take a step so irretrievable and final, goes a long way to prove that he was possessed of little of the gambling instinct of his father. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z He had hesitated at the first step; but that irretrievable first step was now taken, and he did not regret it. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z The immediate nomination of a Caliph, or lieutenant appointed to continue the Prophet's task, could alone prevent irretrievable disaggregation. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Accounts of nearly irretrievable damage done to valuable painted church windows, for one of which—at Fairford, Gloucester—£1,500 had been offered, came from many points. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z No doubt realizing that an irretrievable step had been taken, he tried to reassure them by explaining that “the cabin was unfinished and that they would not be comfortable.” Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Some have to lament over the wreck of their departed wealth and estates, of which pitiable number I am, my affairs sunk into irretrievable ruin. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The church lost ground in the conflict with Charles; this it might perhaps have recovered, but it suffered irretrievable loss of prestige in its struggle with William. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z Fortunately Mr. Hannay had with him one copy of the sheets as far as printed, so the loss is not irretrievable. The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 2012-03-27T02:00:21.067Z England had crushed her hereditary foe; and France, in her fall, had left to irretrievable ruin the savage tribes to whom her policy and self-interest had lent a transient support. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Had Clara faced her fury with a pugnacious front, it might have led to an irretrievable rupture; but she did not. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z At times unfortunate consequences follow that are irretrievable in the destruction of vocations and the impairment of the religious spirit in communities. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z All the same, it is a bad mistake to omit the Broads, and one which, experto crede, the tourist in East Anglia regrets deeply when it is irretrievable. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z It was a fatal piece of stupidity, but the mischief was irretrievable. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z But Cecil Mitford took no notice of them: he merely sat with his arms folded, and gazed abstractedly at that disappointing, disheartening, irretrievable piece of crabbed writing. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z A darker storm had burst upon me, and wrought a ruin more deep, more irretrievable. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Here is a man, then, who twice at least in life, when put in the presence of trying conditions, goes on to do the irretrievable, though the act is eminently irrational. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z Of course, she knew that, when he learned what she had done, Newt would believe that the one friend he had ever known had become his irretrievable enemy. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z The ruin, then, was not irretrievable; and there was time to take advice, and think it over. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Chairs and fauteuils had their legs broken, everything breakable went into irretrievable smash, the convives escaping serious injury only by a marvel. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z A worse choice than Hamilton could not possibly have been made in such a crisis, and his want of principle, of firmness and resolution, brought irretrievable ruin upon the royal cause. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z It seemed, indeed, that irretrievable disaster was upon us; but in the very torrent and tempest of the attack it suddenly ceased and all was still. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z It was the almost universal sentiment, that, intoxicated with success, Napoleon was rushing to irretrievable ruin. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Effects of These Events.—But the Philippines had suffered irretrievable loss. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Questioned whether the situation was irretrievable, he said: "No. I don't think so." U.S.-Pakistan ties troubled but repairable: General Dempsey 2011-11-29T02:11:41Z Even as far as books were concerned, the loss was not altogether irretrievable. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Feeling this, the veteran soldiers of the left brigades realized that their battle was irretrievable. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z This is irretrievable and impossible to recover from. Mailbag: What, you think the players want to lose? 2011-11-15T04:33:46Z Oh, that hell in her soul, for the irretrievable desolation, for the murdered one, past recall! Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z If his generosity and knowledge of the world had not made him reject the slander with the ridicule it deserved, what irretrievable mischief you would have occasioned her. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z What irretrievable damage a hasty word could have done. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z Who could foretell this sore distress, This irretrievable disaster When first we met?—We did not guess That Love would prove so hard a master. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z If it goes away from labor negotiations, things could become irretrievable.” NBA lockout: Negotiations could be hijacked by racial perceptions 2011-10-21T15:37:32Z I am looked upon as an irretrievable rake. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z No bank would discount with us, and everything leading to irretrievable failure. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z In 2006, Arsenal reached the Champions League final, but those days seem distant, perhaps irretrievable. Crisis of Faith Among the Arsenal Faithful 2011-09-14T17:25:07Z They pointed out that this would be an extreme and irretrievable measure, an act of hostility, which would not be warranted by the position in which they stood. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z Elizabeth could hardly have done without her favourite; and the Earl would have fallen into irretrievable disgrace, had he dared to confess a preference for any mistress over the one he already had. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z No news of course could be so afflictive to my dear parents, as to hear of the last rash and irretrievable step which I had taken. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z They fall before the thinker into irretrievable ruin, and therefore the freethinker imagines he has destroyed religion. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z It is also widely recognized that deforestation at all levels exerts one of the most serious and long-lasting impacts on climate change and the irretrievable loss of biodiversity. "A Bright Future for Indigenous Ingenuity: Native American Tribes Get A Seat at the Table of the Carbon Offset Market" 2011-07-12T04:28:29Z Wild was the fury of the man who believed in but one world of good, and saw the mortal moments pass away unenjoyed and irretrievable. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z Although a few of his poems are as ingratiating as Dodsley himself is reported to have been, most are now aesthetically irretrievable. The Toy Shop (1735) The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) 2011-06-23T02:00:28.787Z The very fact that the thought produces so much horror and disturbance in them is the best proof that they will not impulsively do anything irretrievable in this way. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z There is perfect regularity, exactitude and order associated with all worlds; a departure from which would produce incalculable evil and irretrievable destruction and ruin. An Examination into and an Elucidation of the Great Principle of the Mediation and Atonement of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 2011-06-06T02:00:07.650Z And, apart from her deep sorrow for her little friend, the new experience stirred in her heart the haunting questionings that come to us all, at such times of irretrievable loss. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z But Mr. Wood had no such sanguine delusions to maintain him in his adversity; his losses were irretrievable. The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 2011-05-20T02:00:28.363Z Not to mention, that men of such lively passions are apt to be transported beyond all bounds of prudence and discretion, and to take false steps in the conduct of life, which are often irretrievable. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z These mental states are not mental diseases, but passing discouragements in which men are tempted beyond their strength and do irretrievable things for which there is no rational justification. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Like all beauties, she had had her triumphs and her disappointments; and then, rather suddenly, she had made what had seemed the irretrievable mistake of an unhappy marriage. Love and hatred 2011-05-13T02:00:08.103Z The Fish and Wildlife Service warned that it “would cause substantial, irretrievable losses of nationally significant fish and wildlife resources, and greatly diminish rare and unique habitats in southeastern Missouri.” After Birds Point: The Army Corps' Floodway Boondoggle 2011-05-08T16:04:08Z The physician who uses his professional card, with business hours engraved on it, for a social call, is committing an irretrievable blunder in etiquette. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z There was an ever-recurring difficulty in fixing the exact point at which "poor dear Augustus's misfortunes" had become irretrievable. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Usually the patient is a young man who has been reading some of the literature of the advertising "specialists" who distribute reading matter which pictures appalling and almost irretrievable effects from such sexual habits. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z The gap was evidently wider than the Germans either anticipated or realized; otherwise the disaster might have been irretrievable. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z I confess I cannot bear a sick person in a House, especially alone—it weighs upon me day and night—and more so when perhaps the Case is irretrievable. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z He thought of the majestic dramas of wrong and passion and irretrievable disaster. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z "Still, the affair may not be such an irretrievable disaster as we feared." That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z It has been called the better part of valour, and doubtless, when wanting, the latter is as likely to sustain irretrievable reverses as a ship without a rudder, or a horse without a bridle. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z Up to the end of that year, according to Lord French, "the scanty supply of munitions of war paralysed all our power of initiative, and at critical times menaced our defence with irretrievable disaster". The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Now it might mean anything between Swan and Edgar's and Howell and James's, or, to state it differently, between moderate embarrassment and irretrievable ruin! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z In those days of darkness, before the light of the Gospel was shed upon the world, it was considered a brave act to take one's own life when irretrievable disaster had befallen. Stories of Great Men 2011-02-21T03:00:07.643Z "And if this separation continued irretrievable, do you not believe in the possibility of a reconciliation with Ella?" asked Hugo, gravely. Riven Bonds. Vol. II. A Novel, in Two Volumes 2011-02-16T03:00:40.700Z I was told long ago that when blindness seized me, it would be irretrievable. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z The last anchor, to which I had so fondly trusted, was gone now, and my bark of happiness was destined to certain and irretrievable wreck. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:18.213Z I would not again, and this time perhaps forever, be shut up in prison; I would not give up my family to irretrievable ruin; therefore I decided upon flight to America. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z His bewildered brain was filled with a whirl of contradictory and incoherent ideas in which the intuition of an irretrievable and to some extent supernatural defeat held the first place. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z "You see this separation is irretrievable," said he, more quietly. Riven Bonds. Vol. II. A Novel, in Two Volumes 2011-02-16T03:00:40.700Z No Irish parliament, no matter what its constitution, could have allowed the country to drift into such irretrievable ruin. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z It was as if a Herculean destroyer had crumbled, with a sledge-hammer stroke, the key-stone of an arch, leaving the whole structure in danger of immediate and irretrievable ruin. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z And yet Patrice did not experience that awful, numbing despair which we feel in the presence of irretrievable misfortunes. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z Attacks on the British retailer by Libyan officials "at the highest levels" risked causing irretrievable damage to bilateral ties with the UK, the US embassy in Tripoli warned Washington in 2008. WikiLeaks cables: Libyan attacks aimed to force out 'Zionist' Marks & Spencer 2010-12-20T21:30:01Z However specious a form self-contemplation may assume, it inevitably ends in ruin, for it leads to isolation; and what is isolation but the most awful and irretrievable of catastrophes? With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z All too late—for time and eternity all is irretrievable now. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Garcia-Lopez made his break in the seventh game of the first set, chasing after a seemingly irretrievable drop shot and responding with a better one of his own to stun Nieminen. Garcia-Lopez triumphs over Nieminen in Thai Open 2010-10-03T12:17:00Z Lament for a Once-Lovely Waterway That sense of an irretrievable past is what makes the environmental and economic disaster facing the Shatt al Arab waterway all the more poignant. AT&T Explains iPad Security Breach 2010-06-14T00:56:00Z That sense of an irretrievable past makes the environmental and economic disaster facing the Shatt al Arab all the more poignant. Lament for a Once-Lovely Waterway 2010-06-12T19:40:00Z When an elite athlete requiring the difficult mix of touch and power loses control of even a small part of his game, the result is often irretrievable confusion – and that is where Murray finds himself. I've never played so badly, says Murray 2010-04-16T06:00:00Z This fall was complete before the events which mark the last ten years of the reign of Heraclius as a time of unequalled and irretrievable disaster both to the Church and to the State. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII Must I, alas! now go on to woe irretrievable? Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician In Spain, for instance, there is a large class of wretched and irretrievable beggars; and their idleness, dirt, and lying trouble the very soul of the traveller. How to Observe Morals and Manners No sooner was it irrevocably beyond his hands than he had the feeling that he had committed an irretrievable blunder. Making Money He shook her, more than ever alone, facing an irretrievable loss. The Guarded Heights But the matter cannot be passed over as if it were simply a question of not grudging a certain amount of consolation to one amid the irretrievable evils of life. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude The whole army then broke and fled in irretrievable confusion, leaving more than a thousand of their number on the ground. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar In the days of distress and anarchy every wound is mortal, every fall irretrievable; nor can the damage be restored either by the public care of government or the activity of private interest. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 They possessed, to an extent which we cannot precisely appreciate, many of those poets, historians, and orators of ancient Greece, whose loss we have long regretted and must continue to deem irretrievable. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Such a mistake as I have made—or as others have made for me—is irretrievable. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece What was to come of such a career, save immediate and irretrievable ruin? Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) As a matter of fact, the death of Yakoob Beg was an irretrievable disaster, for it destroyed whatever cohesion and unity there were in the country. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar It possessed the power either to transport me with happiness, or to plunge me into utter, irretrievable misery. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. There is no State in the world on which decisive defeat at sea would inflict such irretrievable disaster as it would on England and her Empire. Naval Warfare The belief in poverty as a fixed condition—irretrievable and ever to be alleviated without any regard to science or observation, subjected charity to a perpetual stagnation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" One is part of more than a material invasion; one has passed the gate that has been closed against the profane for centuries; one has committed an irretrievable step. The Unveiling of Lhasa Every artistic nature sooner or later meets some such irretrievable human experience. Hempfield A Novel These walls and turrets are still erect, but within is ruin irretrievable. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. General Lee could not fail to perceive that all that remained to him was to leave the country before overtaken by irretrievable disaster. The Greater Republic A History of the United States If Christ, Who was true man, failed in His one life and one death, the failure is irretrievable. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews The first prophecy is fulfilled, and Hagen now realizes the irretrievable doom that awaits the kings and their followers. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) Sir Thomas felt that the mud of irretrievable disgrace which was bound to smirch Luke de Mountford would in no small measure redound on Louisa too. The Heart of a Woman For failure most unquestionably there has been: tragic but not irretrievable, if men have the courage to face the facts. Religious Perplexities The portrait and the inscriptions have disappeared; the overhanging canopy has suffered damage; the table is chipped and broken; the base is fast mouldering into irretrievable decay. Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Feeling that he had bound his wife by irretrievable bonds, and that every precaution had been taken to assure the implicit fulfilment of his wishes, Constantine breathed his last with a contented mind. Women of Early Christianity To be in Benson's hands meant ruin in its most irretrievable shape; and at the very moment he stood there his minions were on his track! Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day To carry such strains too far means in all things, not only in war, an irretrievable catastrophe. Waterloo They may arise from inequalities of birth, differences in religious faith, or great discrepancies in age; but whatever their occasion, they are always a far-reaching and irretrievable mistake; the mistake par excellence of any life. Maids Wives and Bachelors In the one case, a peril the greater for its shadowy, ill-defined consequences; in the other, certain and irretrievable disgrace! Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas It would mean social ruin for us—utter and irretrievable ruin! A Life Sentence A Novel Many of his adherents deserted him, and the Chinese warrior who had never known defeat was brought to the brink of irretrievable disaster. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Great blocks of steel-sheathed masonry were dislodged from the ramparts and hurled bodily into the sea, carrying with them guns and men to irretrievable destruction. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror Above all, let us bear in mind, in judging the Renaissance, that the sacrifice which it represents could be useful only in so far as it was complete and irretrievable. Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. I Both were shot by their own men, at a critical moment, in the midst of brilliant success, and in both cases their fall saved the enemy from irretrievable disaster. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw It is this very thing of keeping our great men in the “background” which is often the cause of calamities, and if persisted in, may bring irretrievable ruin upon the cause. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The war continued until April 17, 1895, when a treaty of peace was signed, which remarkably changed the relative positions of the two powers before the world, China having met with utter and irretrievable defeat. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality As for the killing of Dornovitch, it was necessary, and you were the only instrument by which it could have been accomplished before irretrievable harm had been done. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror But the step, once taken, was practically irretrievable. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston My error is irretrievable, I am quite forced to that conclusion. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) And just here Ashly Crane committed an irretrievable blunder, due to those imperfections of nature and technique which have been described before. Clark's Field In Hebrew history, for instance, it arises in the hour of defeat, in the consternation of a great race struck by irretrievable disaster. The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe Yet always they will be associated in my mind with a bowing down sense of loneliness, of empty, unredeemed sadness, and of irretrievable loss. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography The place is certainly very magnificent, and the position of the castle unrivalled, though the interior is full of enormous faults, which are wholly irretrievable. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III We are in the midst of our enemies; a quarrel, a loud word, may suffice to plunge us back into irretrievable distress. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Wilhelmina still remembered how the great flood had passed the town, moving boulders as if they were pebbles; but not until it reached the place where she stood had it done irretrievable damage. Wunpost We may, I think, take it for certain that if Rhodes had been condemned to conduct a retail grocery he would have conducted it to speedy irretrievable disaster. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations On the other hand, if it were not done, irretrievable disaster stared Canada in the face. The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion The Devil has been the Church's best friend, but he is doomed, and as their fraternal bond cannot be broken, he will drag it down to irretrievable perdition. Bible Romances First Series The battle now swayed critically; a feather's weight on either side and one army would roll back in red, irretrievable ruin. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 Two thoughtless and romantic people, met in youth under circumstances full of delusion, have bound themselves, not by reason but by contract, to make the best, when they discover their deception, of an irretrievable mistake. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle The surrender of Lanjaron, and the tragical end of el Negro, were an irretrievable loss to the Moors. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. But even this more serious committal is not irretrievable. Morals of Economic Internationalism In less skillful hands the retreat might easily have developed into an irretrievable disaster. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War It was a bad rent, an irretrievable one, in fact; and all that he could do was to tie his handkerchief around his leg. Among the Brigands But, for De Soto, the abandonment of the enterprise was disgrace, and apparently irretrievable ruin. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots He saw how utterly irretrievable was the mischief which had been done. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History In the long hours of the night a pang of emptiness, of vast, irretrievable loss, possessed her. Counsel for the Defense She is, in a word, on the way to irretrievable ruin and a shameful end, and she knows it. The Empire of the East But when he rode abroad the next day no man suspected the cataclysm which had shattered Hump Doane's world into a chaos of irretrievable wreck. The Roof Tree Why, nothing but the most irretrievable ruin; and ruined the bear was after three months' trial. The Adventures of a Bear And a Great Bear too Like every other person involved in irretrievable sufferings and sorrows, he wanted to live, and he wanted to die. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History When made it was irretrievable, and it led to great misery. Pioneers of Science The most trivial incident, in such periods of tension, may plunge a community into irretrievable disaster. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Next, I want you to know the German reply, I want you to realize the great, the irretrievable importance of every word which you utter. The Frontier That must be prevented at all hazards, and fortunately he had taken no irretrievable step as yet. In Brief Authority They first laid the decapitated trunk within it, and then adjusted the dissevered head to its place, as if vainly attempting to repair the irretrievable injury they had done. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History Our national independence meant his future slavery; our priceless gain became his irretrievable loss. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Still anxious and agitated in her retreat, she was impelled by her fears to an irretrievable step, fatal to all her future hopes. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History From their frozen summits have too oft, alas! descended, not the peaceful river, but the thundering avalanche, burying in irretrievable ruin, man, with his labours and hopes. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge A screech of agony, attended by the exclamation, ”Henry, your wife! your sister!” awoke me, too late, to terrors unutterable, to anguish unspeakable, to woes irretrievable, and insupportable despair! Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father You know what we hold here: that no false step is irretrievable so long as we desire what is perfectly right. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Tearing his hair, and putting on the hypocritical garb of innocence, Ruus ran hither and thither screaming, and lamenting in the face of all his saints the irretrievable misfortune which had happened to his master. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition If this is not done, you must feel that the Government will be thrown loose, and that the mischief of such an interval may be such as to be irretrievable. Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 2 The flame which he had kindled continued to burn until at last it accomplished the entire and irretrievable destruction of Carthage. Hannibal Makers of History Yet, it cannot be denied that there are life-long burdens and griefs,—incurable illnesses, irretrievable losses, bereavements that will never cease to be felt, and cannot be replaced. A Manual of Moral Philosophy It was also a definite and irretrievable step towards separation. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Waterloo was merely the scaffold: he was under irretrievable condemnation long before. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 One good result had come from the wood-shed catastrophe: the high comb had been shattered into irretrievable fragments. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Shaw had made a great mistake, but it was possibly not irretrievable. Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns He was reminding himself every hour of the night and day that he must make no irretrievable blunder, that he must do nothing to injure his wife needlessly. Children of the Desert He had switched on the light prematurely, and his ready banter had warned the parricide that a well-built scheme was crumbling to irretrievable ruin. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley He burst in by the Salarian gate, and sacked the city, which was only saved from irretrievable destruction by the respect of the Goths for the churches, which they regarded as inviolable asylums. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Years ago, when Garth and I were in an apparently hopeless tangle of irretrievable mistake, Deryck found us a way out. The Mistress of Shenstone Usually they are so completely dashed by their own temerity in getting into such an irretrievable situation that they sit with their ears drooping and their eyes bleared. The Indifference of Juliet "An irretrievable loss," Andrew was saying; "an irretrievable loss." The Prodigal Father The wonderful name of Drake saved the expedition from irretrievable disaster. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Had it not been for the gallant conduct of "Captain March, who had a good company, and made the enemy give back," the confusion would probably have been irretrievable. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) He suffered yet more cruel penalties for having vaunted the mineral riches of Guiana to enhance the merit of its discovery, until the mirage ended by beguiling his admired chief into irretrievable ruin. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography This noble epitaph to the memory of Pitt conveys an impression alike of heroic endeavour and of irretrievable failure. William Pitt and the Great War The thing, however, was irretrievable, and they returned without the sheep. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) The success of the morning turned to a most irretrievable and disastrous defeat to the enemy. History of the 159th Regiment, N.Y.S.V. Whether freighted richly with the essential, or merely burdened with the ineffectual, it is equally irretrievable. The Life Radiant And here again we must repeat our remark, that these perpetual allusions indicate a writer not afraid of exposing himself by irretrievable blunders, and certain of being understood by those whom he addressed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 So apparently irretrievable was the disaster to the French that none of King Philip’s counsellors had the courage to inform him of what had occurred. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Nobody else being able to put them right, there would be irretrievable confusion. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters The consequence of Walpole's surrender was to himself and his political career fatal—irretrievable. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II In the year 1768, Dr. Darwin met with an accident of irretrievable injury to the human frame. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin Your action at this moment may cause irretrievable delay and loss. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective It conveyed the impression of a soul resigned indeed, and humble, but crushed down to the very earth with the load of mysterious bereavement and irretrievable sorrow. Eric, or Little by Little The Shawanoes knew enough of Kenton, Boone and their rangers to hold them in respect, and not presume upon their committing any irretrievable error. The Phantom of the River There existed a possibility of the Treasury sustaining an immense and irretrievable loss, for a return to Monopoly, after free trade had been allowed, could not for a moment be thought of. The Philippine Islands He felt how woeful and irretrievable a thing it would be for him just then to lose his countenance, and at the thought the flush burned deeper and merged higher. Two Days' Solitary Imprisonment 1898 Moreover, she had taken an irretrievable step in betrothing herself to Captain Kilmeny. The Highgrader Under the clear cold light of Parisian skies, the unfortunate man soon perceived that his wife was a fool, an irretrievable fool. Artists' Wives The loss of South Carolina was irretrievable and decisive. Union and Democracy It is personal love to which death seems to menace irretrievable and final disaster. The Chief End of Man Haruspicy and the augural art were abandoned, and not even the ancient fame of the oracles could save them from falling into irretrievable desuetude. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism And she had no wish to add this irretrievable folly to the original blunder. The Lure of the Mask The tomb had scarcely closed over Captain Rothesay, when it was discovered that his affairs were in a state of irretrievable confusion. Olive A Novel To Bakahenzie the report was more alarming than to the others, inasmuch as it appeared to portend the irretrievable loss of his power. Witch-Doctors The bad opinion of his fellows, even when the law is powerless to touch him, is often an irretrievable injury to a man. The Task of Social Hygiene Her iniquities, long accumulating, were bringing upon her an irretrievable disaster. Christianity and Progress I looked on what had past as ordained, and considered my misery as irretrievable. Peter Schlemihl One had too much sense to ask, because one might have got the two sentences mixed, which would have meant irretrievable disaster. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 To Miss Lillycrop it conveyed the idea of hopeless and irretrievable confusion! Post Haste As the summer glided by, in a succession of golden, cloudless days, Owen began to ask himself, rather drearily, whether his marriage was going to turn out a success or an irretrievable failure. The Making of a Soul In connection with this question of music, it should be remembered that almost irretrievable injury to the voice may be done by allowing a boy to continue singing after his voice has begun to "break." Papers on Health The cause of the planters had gone down in irretrievable disaster. Expansion and Conflict On a small scale, he resembled Santa Anna in the activity with which he could organize an army after defeat, or resuscitate affairs when apparently irretrievable. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Just as the third rat dragged its missive behind the pelican of the wilderness the watcher leaped upon them, and in his haste consigned the pelican to all but irretrievable destruction! Post Haste I do not know any case in American history where the opposite course has not resulted in irretrievable injury to him who adopted it. Forty-Six Years in the Army In his case it would not mean a grapple with temporary difficulties, or a curtailing of unnecessary luxuries, but disaster complete and irretrievable, perhaps for years. The Gold Trail Under the coarseness and flippancy of the courtesan were glimpses of an unhappy woman, a human being conscious of her own irretrievable degradation. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life The ambitious man forgets the shame and irretrievable ruin that follows a failure, and looks only to the chances of winning a title of nobility and "a house full of silver." Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited To her orderly mind the accident seemed irretrievable; and yet how was it to be remedied, when extravagant Peggy had used every fragment of her material? More About Peggy He, probably, took some malicious pleasure in scoring up the delinquencies of his staff, mentally consigning the underliners, most likely, to irretrievable ruin, both in this world and the next! She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. Say, then, will you destroy us, and so involve yourselves in irretrievable ruin? The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa The greatest and most irretrievable wreck of friendship is the result of a moral breakdown in one of the associates. Friendship But we err both in our mode of accounting for the fact, and in believing the loss we deplore to be irretrievable. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852 We know that the fact is irretrievable, and struggle to be proud of what we cannot help. The Two Admirals All others, heathens, infants, and the great mass of professed Christians, are sentenced to irretrievable perdition. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Insult and rejoinder break out, and it is within a hair's breadth of the irretrievable plunge that the king speaks his mind. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature The smallest failure or miscarriage—the merest chance—may lead to irretrievable disaster. On the Heels of De Wet Then the Tudor monarch seemed rushing headlong to irretrievable ruin. Henry VIII. It isn't easy to get one's bearings all at once; but before we take any further irretrievable step I am bound, in conscience, to tell you how the land lies. The Great Amulet But the fair prospect was overcast almost in its dawning, and a period of supreme trial and of apparently irretrievable ruin was at hand. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series Thus he was saved from what might have been an irretrievable financial misfortune. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail The longer the resistance has been, the more terrible and complete is the destruction of its beauty and strength; the nobler the struggle has been the more irretrievable are the ruin and loss. The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional If his plan failed, he told Clement over and over again, it would mean for him irretrievable ruin, and in his fall he would drag down the Church. Henry VIII. His loss seemed to them an irretrievable misfortune. No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee "One particle of compromise," he said, with what truth events have since shown clearly enough, would "directly lead to the final and irretrievable dissolution of the Union." John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series After all the demolitions of Totila, the ruin was not irretrievable. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Consequently his prosperity is their prosperity, and his ruin would be an irretrievable disaster, not a benefit, to them. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) She was afraid that she should forget, that she should make some irretrievable blunder, and that everything would be ruined by her fault. The Castle Of The Shadows In no section of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow could there have been a more terrible picture of hopeless and irretrievable defeat. With the British Army in The Holy Land Already as early as October 7, 1833, he fears that his health is "irretrievable;" he gets but five hours a night of "disturbed unquiet sleep—full of tossings." John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series At this critical moment Seidlitz, with five thousand horse, dashed down upon the disordered mass of Russians, casting it into irretrievable confusion. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War This genuinely empirical character distinguishes the natural sciences and makes their loss irretrievable. The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart I have done myself an injury that is quite irretrievable;—I know that, and am prepared to bear it. Can You Forgive Her? The value of work accomplished at present is inestimable, and opportunities lost are in a way quite irretrievable, as the agony of mankind moves forward to a climax.... Unfolding Destiny Our Indian friends, who have been so appreciative of her last visit to them, must have been particularly affected by such an irretrievable loss. Dawn of a New Day It is to be an inviting refuge, into which the exposed may be gathered to be saved from a course which would inevitably end in penal confinement, irretrievable ruin, or hopeless degradation. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions They were anxious to conclude some kind of peace before meeting irretrievable disaster. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War If I failed in the attempt I knew that it would mean an irretrievable loss, for not only should I myself be captured, but also President Steyn and the whole Government. Three Years' War On February 22, 1862, Jefferson Davis committed the one irretrievable mistake of his administration. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis I dared not try my credit, and I just madly took that step that proved irretrievable. Queechy, Volume II If she had been permitted to exercise the right of speech at that crucial moment, she would have committed the irretrievable error of denouncing the brazen creature in the presence of disinterested persons. From the Housetops Crime follows in the steps of crime, till the career is closed by irretrievable disgrace and eternal ruin. The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated In an instant the Scotch footmen were among them, killing the defenceless knights, cutting and slashing among the confused mass of horsemen, breaking their fine display into irretrievable disorder. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The abrupt recovery of what had probably been deemed irretrievable would naturally produce this effect upon a mind of a certain texture. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 To a mind less balanced by native intrepidity and fortified by principle, the apparent wreck of his worldly hopes would have produced irretrievable despondency; but Scott bore his misfortune with magnanimity and manly resignation. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Saumarez had failed, and failure, however explained, can hardly be carried to a man's credit; but his after course, by wresting success out of seemingly irretrievable disaster, has merited the highest eulogium. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy Desperate themselves, they determined to carry others with them along the same path, and by some signal show of defiance commit the party to immediate and irretrievable action. Claverhouse In many cases the instant removal of an offender from his power of doing mischief is the only mode of preventing the utter and perhaps irretrievable ruin of public affairs. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) The ruin of my fame is, perhaps, irretrievable; but the height of my iniquity need not be known. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 He tried to picture the scene sliding away below instead of drawing in toward him, as though to force himself back to a moment of the irretrievable past. Graveyard of Dreams He had to retire or face irretrievable disaster. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" "You had better stay where you are and take no step that may be irretrievable, till you have quite made up your mind," said Mr. Gresham. Phineas Finn The Irish Member To many, the relation which was the most important event in George Eliot's life will seem one of those irretrievable errors which reduce all talk of duty to a mockery. Critical Miscellanies (Vol 3 of 3) The Life of George Eliot My mercantile inexperience made me distrust the clearness of my own discernment, and I could not but remember that my utter and irretrievable destruction was connected with the failure of my scheme. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 In the face of defeat and irretrievable disaster they recovered their courage, and refused to abandon hope. The Tree of Appomattox All their store of moral energy was expended in resisting the terrific enmity of Nature and the crushing sense of irretrievable disaster. The Point Of Honor A Military Tale She was now twelve years old, and in her childish perspective of life this disaster seemed irretrievable, the sunshine of happiness for ever clouded. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens And she never told him the full quote, because like so many of life's precious and irretrievable moments, it was gone forever. The Mantooth And I say this advisedly; for on the future conduct of the Porte would depend whether such a course might lead to the establishment of Turkish supremacy, or to its irretrievable overthrow. Herzegovina Or, Omer Pacha and the Christian Rebels Had the ancient critics generally adopted this uncritical method, the sacred text would long ago have fallen into irretrievable confusion. Companion to the Bible From the position of the ship, he realized that something irretrievable had happened. Atlantis The Raven is wholly occupied with the author's typical theme—the irretrievable loss of an idolized and beautiful woman; but on other grounds, also, the public instinct is correct in thinking it his representative poem. The Raven It costs us the most precious, the only irretrievable thing in the universe—time. The House of the Vampire Whoso hath been quickened by its vitalizing power, will find himself impelled to attain the court of the Beloved; and whoso hath deprived himself therefrom, will sink into irretrievable despondency. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh Besides this good news, the "Mutine" brought word of another misfortune, more irretrievable than the loss of spars. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain The only thing left to be done now was to accompany Robert, to avert what might be irretrievable disaster. All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches No wonder, then, that the career is rapid, and the fall irretrievable. An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged But misfortunes seldom had any irretrievable consequences to Ogilby, for by his insinuating address, and most astonishing industry, he was soon able to repair whatever loss he sustained by any cross accident. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II And yours will end in a bitter, irretrievable quarrel after you have ruined yourself, and because you have ruined yourself. The Summons Backward and forward, through all that was irretrievable to us; sought, and traced, and found, and brought back with rejoicing; the whole house swept, until not one silver piece is missing. The Other Girls The most serious results would have followed if I hadn't done so; not death, perhaps, but utter and irretrievable ruin. Austin and His Friends They knew that they had nothing to hope from the clemency of the conqueror, and that there was no salvation for them from irretrievable ruin but in the most desperate warfare. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power At present, the step you propose would be utter destruction to us both, and an irretrievable stain upon our reputation. Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One The play is finished, the board is cleared, Alsace and Lorraine were added to Germany, and the mistake is irretrievable. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 It is so hard for the mind to reconcile itself to the irretrievable. Grey Roses Hasty and inconsiderate action will be likely to prove abortive, and result in no good to either master or slave; if not in irretrievable ruin to both. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery The spirit of Frederic was crushed by the awful, the irretrievable defeat, and he appeared before his conqueror speechless in the extremity of his woe. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power You must give me time to become accustomed to a whole heap of things: if we were to do anything suddenly now, we might blunder into some great mistake, perhaps irretrievable. Macleod of Dare He mistook passion for love; reason was dumb, and had nothing to do with his choice; he made the one, irretrievable false step and was ruined. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers The danger of a profound division of the Canadian people in war-time passed; but irretrievable damage had been done to the cause of national unity. Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics Yet the past is irretrievable, though painful, and many are, like you, bereft of friends and relatives. Inez A Tale of the Alamo Cesare languished for some days on a sick bed; but in the end, by the aid of a powerful constitution, he recovered, to find his claws cut and his plans in irretrievable confusion. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Can we expose to utter and irretrievable ruin this countless multitude, without justly incurring the reproach of violating the national faith? American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) The measures of the Federal Government have, it is true, prostrated her interests, and will soon involve the whole South in irretrievable ruin. American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) But next day proving stormy, and the boat not appearing, we much feared she was lost, which would have been an irretrievable misfortune to us all. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time "Where all your pomp and pageantry will be overwhelmed, and yourselves, for ever, in the same irretrievable ruin!" Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 And can it be that death shall put the final seal of irretrievable ruin on all this uncompleted effort? What Peace Means The prospect is not very bright; a too generous confidence might betray some nation into irretrievable disaster. Outspoken Essays A great opportunity may be lost and an irretrievable error committed by a brief break in the lucidity of the intellect or in the train of thought. Success (Second Edition) Mistakes in this case are as often fallen into as many other; and if the judgment is sudden, the mistakes are the most irretrievable of all others. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) The danger is that the rising generation will refuse to accept this method, and that it will lead to deep and irretrievable intellectual confusion. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality Antiguenu exerted his utmost efforts to oppose the assailants; but he was at length forced along by the crowd of his soldiers, who were thrown into irretrievable confusion and fled. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time "Do you wish me to make my daughter believe she has come back into my life only to bring me irretrievable ruin?" The Wings of the Morning What an abyss were we approaching! and for me the last hope gone—and for me utter, utter, irretrievable ruin.' Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh O Lord, teach me to select my pleasures with care, that I may not plunge into joyful moments that are irretrievable. Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration Are Shakespeare's experiments in bold juxtaposition of extreme fortune and happiness and utterly irretrievable devastation anywhere so poignant as the arrival of Anthonio's letter at the betrothal of Bassanio and Portia? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies Therefore I know that mistakes are not irretrievable. Christian's Mistake Thus ended an enterprise which, but for the exercise of the highest qualities on the part of General Roberts, his Staff, the officers, and rank and file, might easily have ended in irretrievable disaster. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) He would not believe that his ruin was irretrievable. The Devil's Garden He burst unawares upon the Austrian left, and rolled their whole host together, corps upon corps, in a tumult of irretrievable ruin. Montcalm and Wolfe In any case the second key was irretrievable. The Lion's Share A mistake," she muttered, "Perhaps my marriage, too, was a mistake, irretrievable, irremediable, as he may himself think now, only he was too kind to let me see it. Christian's Mistake Vs. 21-23.—The emblem of "a great millstone cast into the sea," is a very striking indication of the sudden and irretrievable ruin of mystic Babylon, and contains an allusion to Jer. li. Notes on the Apocalypse As yet the loss is not irretrievable, but the war is still only a matter of months. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front In fact, another mutiny was within an ace of breaking out, which, if not checked at the moment, could only, in their desperate situation, have ended in irretrievable and total destruction. The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences The occurrence, by maintaining the situation where it was, rendered it impossible to take any irretrievable step that day. The Street Called Straight We could all see that, and some of us saw how nearly it became an irretrievable disaster. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 Lord Grey, in his measure of 1832, which was no doubt a statesmanlike measure, committed a great, and for a time it appeared an irretrievable, error. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) If you are both resolved on taking the irretrievable step it would be wiser to defer it until you were elsewhere. The Jungle Girl If she had not adored him he might have been urged to something irretrievable and definite. The Divine Fire And then all at once, without warning, there closed down upon her an enormous depression, a sense as of standing on the brink of irretrievable disaster. V. V.'s Eyes In 1604 James's first Parliament met, and with it Bacon returned to an industrious public life, which was not to be interrupted till it finally came to an end with his strange and irretrievable fall. Bacon Death follows us close; let us be well prepared for it: for we die but once; and a miscarriage there is irretrievable. The Practice of the Presence of God the Best Rule of a Holy Life And yet the situation might well be considered irretrievable. The Downfall Lucia's beauty, in short, appealed to him, because it did not commit him to any irretrievable opinion. The Divine Fire For there had lingered in her a sort of stunned incredulity: she could not quite believe that their quarrel had been irretrievable, that Hugo was gone forever. V. V.'s Eyes But it's wrong, an irretrievable mistake, and you know it. Oberheim (Voices) As soon as she had uttered the words she suspected that she had said something decisive and irretrievable. Leonora "No need to fight," cried Yoomy, "to liberate that tribe of Hamo instantly; a way may be found, and no irretrievable evil ensue." Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II An idea of Lucia's would commit him to an opinion of his own; and at the moment Jewdwine was not prepared to abandon himself to anything so definite and irretrievable. The Divine Fire I will not add another word; the time being past, irretrievable except by half-running! The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. The ruin was supposed to be irretrievable, and with many bitter reproaches I was summoned to return with speed to extricate affairs, and—make such reparation as I could. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy He has of late years endeavored to solace himself for the now irretrievable blunders of his career by an exaggerated indulgence in his idiosyncratic waywardness, paradox, and eccentricity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 "All the same, Of absolute and irretrievable black,—black's soul of black Beyond white's power to disintensify,— Of that I saw no sample: such may wreck My life and ruin my philosophy Tomorrow, doubtless." Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher Still, it was not disagreeable to know that if he could only make up his mind to something very definite and irretrievable indeed, Court House would one day be his. The Divine Fire Every moment precious; every quarter of an hour lost an irretrievable misfortune. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891 The families of the convicted were plunged into irretrievable ruin.... The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History This lapse was even worse than that of Sir Richard's son, because it seemed irretrievable. Women of the Country Unfortunately, the inside tips didn't pan out … absurd and dazzling fortune was succeeded by appalling and irretrievable failure. Broken to the Plow The stones must be recovered, or utter and irretrievable ruin stared him in the face. The Firm of Girdlestone The defection of Generals Ballivian and Velasco, who commanded two powerful divisions of the army of the Confederation, made this disaster irretrievable. International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 2, July 8, 1850 At this moment, the marquis himself arrived, and beheld his army dispersed, for the first time, in irretrievable route. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition It was a momentous truth, that had suddenly been made known as some irretrievable misfortune might have been revealed. A Young Girl's Wooing Frederick attacks; but a blunder of too-impetuous Mannstein fatally overturns the plan of battle; to which the resulting disaster is imputed: disaster seemingly overwhelming and irretrievable, but Daun does not follow up. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History The fascinating scheme—the irretrievable and fatal blunder—was determined upon. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II Such passing on is termed callous and cold-hearted in the rest of England, which loves to sit down on pavements and weep into irretrievable milk. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) He had destroyed his ambitions, he had transformed all his life, by a single unreflecting and irretrievable impulse. The Roll-Call We must not make the irretrievable error of taking anything for granted. Starr, of the Desert After long and careful observation, Phillips's conclusion was that it was likely to be productive of irretrievable disaster and consequently an unpardonable error of judgment "to put men of poor ability in an Indian regiment." The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War When Hrothgar learned this new loss at early dawn he was overcome with grief; and when Beowulf, attracted by the sound of weeping, appeared at his side, he mournfully told him of his irretrievable loss. Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art At New Plymouth a similar address declared that the settlers were menaced with irretrievable ruin. The Long White Cloud The late arrival and consequent wreck of the Golden Gate was of course a great misfortune; but it would not have been irretrievable had not the famine deprived us of all means of transportation. Tent Life in Siberia No, his best chances in this life were all brought to an end; the whole thing was irretrievable. Fated to Be Free Again he saw before him the irascible employer, pointing with relentless finger at the deficiency in the accounts, again he saw his weeping mother, his stern father,—the disgrace, the irretrievable past. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk It conveyed the impression of a soul resigned indeed, and humble, but crushed down to the very earth with the load of mysterious bereavement, and irretrievable sorrow. Eric But even Angelina shrank from such an irretrievable committal on his part as this would be, and did not think the time had yet come for such an anomaly. The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights Constant, only, was a feeling of profound dejection; a sense of unutterable, irretrievable failure. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta The one is final, hopeless, irretrievable; from the other there may perhaps be an escape. By Advice of Counsel It is dreadful to sit alone hour after hour face to face with the irretrievable. Mr. Meeson's Will To a woman of gentle birth there is only one thing more irretrievable than marriage, and that is death. Colonel Quaritch, V.C. A Tale of Country Life He conveyed her to her humble home, and bade her farewell, with a thankful consciousness that he had done no irretrievable injury to her future prospects. Isaac T. Hopper How many erred in judgment in their youth, through one critical blunder, that has been irretrievable, and whose burden is henceforth lasht to the back! The World's Great Sermons, Volume 10 Drummond to Jowett, and General Index Each one of the great rivals knew very well that his defeat in one general battle would be his utter and irretrievable ruin. History of Julius Caesar He could not bring himself to acknowledge that the past was irretrievable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 "It was, How far a promise is binding, when it involves a lasting and irretrievable wrong in its fulfilment." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 And must not my next step be an irretrievable one, tend it which way it will? Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 It was thus, with the most generous and undoubting spirit, that I rushed upon irretrievable ruin. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Mr. Grandly and Julia looked at each other; they did not need to speak; each knew that the girl did not realise at once the full and irretrievable nature of this misfortune. Vain Fortune "What were you laughing about, so delightfully, as I came in, eh?" he asked, after the irretrievable first moment of joy in gratified appetite had gone. The Bent Twig They might surely have driven us into irretrievable rout, flying on the road to Rivas, by a spirited charge of fifty good men, or much less. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 But no sorrow that I had hitherto experienced could compare with the grief that I now felt in contemplating the irretrievable ruin of what I knew to be the great passion of my life. The Red Thumb Mark His congratulation upon this occasion was immoderate, as he now conceived that the ruin of his late favourite was irretrievable. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Falstaff knew that, and, like the Magpie Moth, wisely counterfeited death to avoid the irretrievable step of dying. Essays in Rebellion When the prompter's bell tinkled and the curtain descended for the last time, he had a feeling as though the universe had collapsed in irretrievable ruin. The Aspirations of Jean Servien Martin could not help starting at this unexpected announcement, and the consciousness of the irretrievable mistake he had nearly made. Martin Chuzzlewit More than a century afterwards, in 1731, when the evil was complete and irretrievable, an order was issued that all stray animals should be destroyed. The Voyage of the Beagle If he told her now, he knew, it would be irretrievable. Alexander's Bridge The general now received the melancholy account of the extent of his loss in ammunition and other stores on Snow's island, which under present circumstances appeared irretrievable. A Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a history of his brigade But Aurelian, who, watchful for the safety of Rome, still hung on their rear, found in this place the decisive moment of giving them a total and irretrievable defeat. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 As she moves towards the door, Mr Twemlow, attending on her, expresses his soothing hope that the condition of Mr Lammle's affairs is not irretrievable. Our Mutual Friend Then we are thrown back upon ourselves to reorganize our own attitude before proceeding to a definite and irretrievable course of action. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education The advanced left of the British recoiled, and, just at this juncture, the legion infantry delivered an enfilading fire, which threw them into irretrievable disorder. The Life of Francis Marion But I did not believe my errors to be irretrievable, and after much consideration I resolved to return to the cottage, seek the old man, and by my representations win him to my party. Frankenstein |
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