| 单词 | nullity |
| 例句 | The agreeable nullity of Leon’s life was a polished artifact, its ease deceptive, its limitations achieved by invisible hard work and the accidents of character, none of which she could hope to rival. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The social brutality, cultural nullity, political arrogance and geopolitical incompetence of this move is breathtaking. Cry freedom for Jafar Panahi 2010-12-21T11:15:46Z He referred to these moments as “the nullities of life,” as this exhibition is titled, after a phrase he read in a review of a biography of Vincent van Gogh. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The role of Xu, something of a nullity to begin with, was played by an understudy. Review: Zhang Huoding Makes American Debut in Two Operas 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Infatuated with nullity and with embodying the world, he transmuted all of life into literary experience, of the purest kind. ‘Pessoa’ Is the Definitive and Sublime Life of a Genius and His Many Alternate Selves 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z The digital presentation displays Arthur Rothstein’s 1936 photograph of a dust storm at a barren Oklahoma farm, picturing a father and sons against sky and earth scrubbed to gray nullities. 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z For by endlessly asserting what is patently untrue, by making such untruth ubiquitous and unavoidable, and finally by insisting that everyone publicly acquiesce in it, the regime displays its power and reduces individuals to nullities. Dictator-lit: Kim Jong-il's political philosophy 2010-12-07T10:57:00Z But although what she could do is say, "OK, well if you said that me dropping the charges were a nullity, I'm just going to drop them again." "Adnan's going to be hanging in balance for years": Freed "Serial" subject's case is not over 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z My quibble with “French Exit” is that it fails to commit in its last act: as true nullity beckons, the tone shifts, becoming more tender and pathetic. The Stealth Absurdism of Patrick deWitt’s “French Exit” 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z So what we're going to do is we're going to say, "That was a nullity, it never happened, we are nullifying her actions and . . ." "Adnan's going to be hanging in balance for years": Freed "Serial" subject's case is not over 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Iago’s moral nullity has reminded writers of the president, who similarly said, in dismissing the Covid-19 death toll: “It is what it is.” It’s Time to Turn the Page on the Trump-Shakespeare Comparisons 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Oklahoma was a nullity I was required to endure till I could escape. “Boom Town”: Is Oklahoma City the “Great Minor City” of America? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Jefferson was right about the nullity of impeachment as it relates to the Supreme Court. Clarence Thomas should not get away with it | Jamelle Bouie 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Peroutka said that as attorney general he would not defend the Maryland statute that allows a woman to choose to have an abortion and said the statute is a “nullity.” For GOP’s attorney general nominee, God’s law comes before Maryland’s 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z A city that could imagine its own improbable existence into reality could just as easily relegate this now-inconvenient natural feature into a nullity or a comedian’s gag. Why we turned the L.A. River into a freeway (for water) 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Ecuador’s justice system formally notified the Australian of the nullity of his naturalization in a letter that came in response to a claim filed by the South American country’s Foreign Ministry. Ecuador revokes Julian Assange’s citizenship 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z The widow’s attorney argued that the holographic will was “an ineffective codicil” to the original will and “likely a nullity.” Larry King's handwritten will complicates the fight over talk-show host's estate 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Trump’s lawyers, in papers filed Tuesday, describe the proceeding as “a legal nullity that runs patently contrary to the plain language of the Constitution.” Opinion | Trump’s Senate impeachment trial won’t be a waste of time 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The impeachment case is a legal “nullity” since “the 45th president cannot be removed from an office he no longer occupies,” the lawyers wrote. Trump defenders say his encouragement of Capitol mob was protected by 1st Amendment 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z The judge theorized that a tax of zero is not a legal nullity, but rather an unconstitutional and fatal flaw that brings down the entire bill. Conservatives backed the ideas behind Obamacare, so how did they come to hate it? 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Once a state grants a right to a recount, a federal appeals judge wrote, "the State could not use arbitrary or unreasonable procedural rules to make that right a nullity." Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z And the rest of the deal would probably never be finalized — it would be festooned with so many loopholes that it would be a nullity. Column: Did drug makers really stand up to Trump over those 'Trump card' discounts? Doubtful 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z A divided court ruled that a resolution passed with mostly GOP votes was a “legal nullity” because it was not sent to Wolf to sign or veto. Pennsylvania court turns down lawmakers’ bid to end shutdown 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Despite its professed allegiance to precedent, many argue that Casey, in rendering the abortion right a nullity for many women, effectively overruled Roe. Opinion | The Supreme Court’s abortion decision seems pulled from the ‘Casey’ playbook 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Justice Williams said Mrs Akhter was therefore entitled to a decree of nullity. Islamic marriages invalid in UK, appeal judges say 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z “The impeachment power exists for a reason. It is no nullity, but invoking it on a partisan whim to settle three-year-old political scores…it insults the framers’ design,” he said. Mitch McConnell calls for an end to House Democrats ‘nonsense impeachment’ 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Which is precisely why Republican senators seem so desperate not to hear it and so willing to entertain a false reading of the Constitution that would effectively render the impeachment clause a nullity. Opinion | George Conway: Don’t let the defense fool you. This impeachment is all about corruption. 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z “If the United States were to grant the UK’s extradition request, it would render the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity and would set an extraordinarily troubling precedent,” it said. Harry Dunn: UK says US denying Anne Sacoolas extradition request is a 'denial of justice' 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z “If the United States were to grant the UK’s extradition request, it would render the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity and would set an extraordinarily troubling precedent,” the statement said. U.S. denies Britain's extradition request for diplomat's wife 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z But that does not make the chief justice’s role a nullity. Opinion | It’s up to John Roberts to make sure senators stay true to their oath 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z It’s no surprise that the film should so often stumble and trip, yet I would sooner watch it again and sort through my mixed feelings about it than revisit, say, the nullity of “Joker.” “The Lighthouse” Is Salted with Madness 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z McCabe asked that a federal judge declare his termination a “legal nullity” and essentially allow him to retire from the FBI as planned, with all the benefits that would have afforded him. Andrew McCabe sues FBI over firing, alleges plot by Trump to oust those disloyal to the president 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Terrified of the nullity that sleep imposed, I’d dodge the bedtime curfew each night: at lights out, a minor rebellion. Opinion | The Genius of Insomnia 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z But in the insomniac’s self-satisfaction there is also, perhaps, a genuine fear of the nonbeing, the nullity, of sleep. Why We Sleep, and Why We Often Can’t 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Yan is routinely referred to as China’s most controversial novelist, thanks to his scandalous satires about the brutalities of its Communist past and the moral nullity of its market-driven transformation. Yan Lianke’s Forbidden Satires of China 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z He said the marriage was therefore "void" and Mrs Akhter is entitled to a decree of nullity. Islamic faith marriage ruled void 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z So, the ERA would be either a constitutional nullity or license for unconstrained judicial improvising. Opinion | The Equal Rights Amendment is a farce that’s ended in tragedy 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z This early royal portrait by Velázquez is one of his most flattering, yet even here there is a sense of the nullity of the man inside the brilliant costume. Glorious art from a dreadful king and the cosmos in a plastic cup – the week in art 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The executive order is either a superfluous nullity or it is constitutional vandalism. Opinion | Trump’s violations of federalism would make Obama jealous 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z If Trump succeeds in overturning the Affordable Care Act, the Court’s two landmark endorsements of that law, in 2012 and 2015, will become nullities, like rave reviews of a closed restaurant. Aftermath: Sixteen New Yorker Writers on Trump’s America 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z But shortly afterward, "EPA boasted on its official blog that the court's decision was effectively a nullity" because power plants had already been forced to comply, said the West Virginia and Texas lawyers. Supreme Court urged to halt Obama's climate change rules 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Another day at the office for a progressive President intent on reducing the legislative branch to a nullity. Obama’s Gitmo Workaround 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z On the notion of creating "Catholic divorce": "That doesn't exist. Either it wasn't a marriage, and this is nullity - it didn't exist. And if it did, it's indissoluble. This is clear." Synod on family could help define Francis's Papacy - BBC News 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z If nothing else, Francis shamed the permanent paralysis and philosophical nullity of America’s political caste in the eyes of the world, which is no small accomplishment. John Boehner’s tears and Pope Francis’ radical challenge: A spiritual leader rises as a political nonentity falls 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The vast majority of cases that are pursued to a final judgment result in a declaration of nullity. Pope Francis Simplifies Rules on Marriage Annulments 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z “This is the most far-reaching reform to the Church’s nullity process in 300 years,” he added. Pope Francis announces biggest changes to annulment process in centuries 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Francis wrote that his new rules “do not favor the nullity of marriages, but the expedition of trials, as well as a just simplification.” Pope Francis Announces Measures to Simplify Marriage Annulments 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z A small, poor nation, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea should be an international nullity, irrelevant to global affairs. "Punish" North Korea For Cyber Assault: Recognize Kim Jong-Un And Give Pyongyang Some Benefits To Lose 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z “In 2012, nine in 10 cases resulted in a ruling of nullity.” Annulments plummet among U.S. Catholics amid fewer marriages, divorces 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Potential reasons for nullity include bigamy or lack of consent, but also more complex conditions such as psychological immaturity. Pope Francis Simplifies Rules on Marriage Annulments 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z One can’t conduct de novo review of a nullity, the oil company maintained. Chevron Defends Its RICO Victory in the Epic Ecuadorian Oil Pollution Case 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Norman Walter at the German embassy argues that the case for his homeland's cultural nullity is weak. Is Germany too powerful for Europe? 2013-03-31T18:00:01Z Mrs Justice Parker ruled that the woman clearly lacked the mental capacity to consent to marriage and it should be a "nullity" in England. 'Forced marriage' annulment call 2012-08-16T20:13:09Z He described the German empire in its nullity as a conception without existence in fact. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z He appealed to a general council, and then to God, in a protest which, in lofty terms, asserted the nullity of the sentence pronounced against him. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z He taught the nullity of all hierarchical dignities, from pope to simple clerk, that the Eucharist was polluted in unworthy hands, and that tithes were not to be paid. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z To display the nullity of such an act, to carry out simultaneously this nominal law and the intrinsic right, in the first instance by means of a subjective individual will, is the work of Revenge. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z The diet itself had become as much a nullity as the king, and its decrees were systematically disregarded. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z "The nullity of any act inconsistent with the Constitution, is produced by the declaration that the Constitution is supreme." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z There was also what was called the complaint of nullity, in case the prescribed form of the proceedings had been violated. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z Void′ing, the act of voiding: a remnant; Void′ness, emptiness: nullity. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z It realises itself in a particularity, which it regards at the same time as a nullity, and finds a satisfaction in what it has at the same time emerged from. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z From such an unaccording assemblage of separate and distinct powers with no system, a nullity results. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Where legislatures enact laws against opinion, their acts are a nullity and absurdity. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z The nullity of the dowry contract would none the less be decided, because it had made declaration that the said Francesca Pompilia was their daughter. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z The expense of colonies is required only by commerce; and the commerce of Louisiana, under the rigor of the Spanish prohibitive laws, will every day become more and more a nullity. The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z But where the objects sought are thus casual, evil only executes what is rightfully due to the vanity and nullity of their planning: for they themselves were radically evil. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Despite his intrinsic nullity he displayed an enormous activity. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Hence it is, that orderly admittance that must give the right, and upon men's having or not having such an entrance to it, depends the reality or nullity of the power they challenge. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z What she had asked for herself was a splendid nullity. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z This very day," he concluded, "I shall lodge a nullity appeal with the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z This reflection starts the poet on a familiar train of thought—the permanence of good, the impermanence, the nullity of evil. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z You have revealed to the world the weakness of England, the nullity of the imperial government of Napoleon III., and the abasement of the moral level of all society. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z Korah and his company arrogated to themselves the office of the priesthood, this power was prohibited to them, their power then was a nullity. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z If you seek to discover how it has acted during this century, you will find that according as the censor was indolent or zealous his office has been a nullity or a nuisance. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Never forget," said he in an address to the Assembly, "that laws are mere nullities without the necessary force to sustain them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z What was called his wife was but “a nullity in female shape”—a plague mixed up with the “abominable nondescripts” she called her father and her mother. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z As for the clergy, whose numbers amount to about 500,000, both males and females, we mention them here only to repeat our declaration of their nullity and immorality. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z A declaration of nullity requires a court to find that the marriage was never valid to begin with because of factors like fraud. Philippines Stands All but Alone in Banning Divorce 2011-06-17T16:50:05Z These idling works of idlers must have been the pleasant productions of persons of great leisure, with some tincture of literature, and to whom, by the peculiarity of their condition, fame was an absolute nullity. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z "A divorce case—or, rather, I think a nullity case is what it would be called." Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The agreeable versification Intellectual decadence of Gaul. of an amateur like Ausonius, the refined panegyrics of a Eumenius, disguising nullity of thought beneath elegance of form, already foretold the perilous sterility of scholasticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z Thus the nullity of the Committee of Artillery prevented the organisation of the artillery; the hesitation of the Central Committee stopped the administration; the paltry pre-occupations of the chefs-de-légion paralysed the mobilisation of the troops. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Everybody knows that an act which is contrary to the Constitution is a nullity, although it may have passed according to the forms of the Constitution. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z Nullity.—An action for nullity of marriage can be maintained on the following grounds: 1. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z The Constitution is at length a nullity, and our flag a mockery. History of American Abolitionism 2011-03-28T02:00:23.663Z Chance introduced Count Lodrin to her acquaintance, and perhaps because he seemed to her a respectable nullity, she selected him for her husband. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Capet's accusers placed the question on a higher plane, by affirming and demonstrating the nullity of the Constitutional pact of 1791. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z If the national legislature passes a law to carry into effect the void treaty its law becomes a nullity. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z All persons are forbidden to contract a new marriage until a previous existing marriage has been dissolved or judicially declared a nullity. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z If she herself could no longer cherish any illusions about him, she nevertheless carefully concealed his nullity from friends as well as she could in a sacred obscurity. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z The emperor, who was subject to fits of actual insanity, and in his lucid intervals was weak and confused in mind, was a political nullity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Although he is a churchgoing Christian, death, he concedes, could simply be blackness, nullity. The Billionaire Who Is Planning His 125th Birthday 2011-03-04T05:00:00Z Under such circumstances, and, doubtless, stung by the ungraciousness of the treatment he had received, he directed that the commissions should neither be recorded nor delivered, but treated as nullities. Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States 2011-04-24T02:00:09.423Z Incurable impotence of either party, which existed at the time the marriage was concluded, is cause for a decree of nullity. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z And he was quieted further by the solemn assurance that the question of the validity of the pretended marriage had been thoroughly sifted, and that it was proved to have been a nullity. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Her nullity of attitude toward him was so complete that she limited the possibilities of his imagination. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z They are the necessary concomitants of law, without which laws are mere nullities. Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher A Discourse 2011-02-24T03:01:00.270Z There is a serious sin, however, in other cases, because one is either exposing the Sacrament to nullity or is refusing, contrary to a serious command of the Church, to seek a dispensation. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z A marriage is void from the time its nullity is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction if either party thereto was under the age of eighteen at the time it was concluded. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z By their power to determine the fate of Imperial Ministries they might have determined the exercise of the Imperial veto on Irish legislation and reduced it to a nullity. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z We must protect such property at all hazards, my boy, or the Constitution becomes a nullity. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z The father, a Baron Grenwitz, is a nullity; the baroness, an unknown quantity, which I could not ascertain. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Laws that make an act voidable or rescindable do not irritate before declaration of nullity by a judge. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z A marriage which has been declared a nullity has, if contracted in good faith, the civil effects of a marriage so far as the parties themselves and their children are concerned. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z A forged signature, as a general rule, is a nullity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z He quotes from an 1879 Supreme Court decision holding that “the assignment of the note carries the mortgage with it, while an assignment of the latter alone is a nullity.” High & Low Finance: Some Sand in the Gears of Securitizing 2010-10-19T00:20:00Z I knew when I consented to call myself his wife, that I should never be his wife really, and so, my solicitor says, I could not even sue for nullity of marriage. Where the Path Breaks Bacciochi being almost a nullity, her pride and ability had a great influence on the administration and on Italian affairs in general. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" Upon hearing any cause for divorce the court may decree either a divorce or a decree of nullity. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z In France it must be payable to order; if it were not so it is clear that the rule requiring the consideration to be truly stated would be a nullity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z I find myself fallen into the nullity of a provincial life, where no exterior circumstances supply that which I cannot do myself. Lives of Celebrated Women The refutans acts on the defensive in refuting the arguments that are opposed to him; the confutans, on the offensive, in exposing their nullity, and cutting them up. Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes Pope: his dispensation for Henry VIII.’s first marriage, 53; defects in his Bull of dispensation to Henry, 83; alleged brief correcting these, 83, 87; a Roman opinion of the nullity of his dispensation, 160. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII Only the husband and his heirs can enforce the nullity of the acts executed by his wife without proper authorization. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z There was a doggish group, which discussed socks and hair oil and other more exciting things, a young athletic group, a group of 'sweat-guts,' and a group of complete nullities. Years of Plenty The Constitution supplied the great requirement without which the government itself would have been a nullity: the power to act supplanted the power simply to advise. The Greater Republic A History of the United States Less strictly, divorce is commonly understood to include judicial declarations of nullity of marriage, which, while practically terminating the marriage relation, proceed in law on the basis of the marriage never having been legally established. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Just as she was despairing at the thought of sinking back into all the nullity of the province, as she expresses it, the news came that the inspectors of agriculture had been suppressed. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty "If my dear father's will be not a nullity, I have power over my fortune." The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago As regards right, the act of Texas is a perfect nullity. Peace with Mexico The conquerors and the conquered repose in a common nullity. Priests, Women, and Families With regard to one cause of nullity the legislation interfered from consideration, it is said, of a case of special hardship. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" It is the active stream of Human Civilization, from which many drop out into that oblivion and nullity which is the true and only Hell.'—F. Modern Substitutes for Christianity And in doing this, he is not committing the verbal nullity of saying, There is no God—a formula never fathered by a considerate atheist. Rationalism If such power is not given, the law is in fact a nullity, and the people will not be bound thereby. Essays on the Constitution of the United States This was the natural consequence, not only of great efforts which produce exhaustion, but also of the theories of abnegation, impersonality, and systematic nullity, which had always gained ground in this century. Priests, Women, and Families The act makes no provision for allowance to a guilty wife, and it certainly is a serious defect that the power to grant an allowance does not extend to cases of nullity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" To this extent it is a nullity, and cannot and ought not to be upheld or regarded by the good citizens of Missouri. The Struggle for Missouri I am tempted to believe in the nullity of every judgment, my own in particular—I who make it a business to judge others, and am so short-sighted.... Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. A legislative power, without a judicial and executive under their own control, is in the nature of things a nullity. Essays on the Constitution of the United States In the dull tranquillity that succeeded, in the nullity of the present, the past would rise up in glowing colours, and the remembrance of it become the more importunate. Priests, Women, and Families In 1868 an appeal to the House of Lords was given in cases of decree for dissolution or nullity of marriage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" But woe to us when that wonderful excitement of the mind, when these gifts of prophecy associate themselves with this nullity, this chaos, and all the dark passions! The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. II. His position is not sufficiently independent to render him, in all cases, a free agent; so it happens that the rural sanitary authority is practically a nullity. The Hills and the Vale It must be admitted that Congress possesses no power to regulate or abolish slavery within the States; and that, if this act had attempted any such legislation, it would have been a nullity. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. They could then, through the medium of a mock President, have negatived all bills which their party in Congress could not have opposed with success, and reduced representation to a nullity. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 It is to be distinguished from a decree of 345 nullity of marriage, which is simply a legal determination that no legal marriage has ever existed between the two parties. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" This expedition, like so many similar attempts from the days of Charles the First to those of the great Lord Chatham, and to our own—concluded in a nullity! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Point is also the strongest of negations, so that the official declaration of faith was reduced to nullity,—"Liberty, none; Equality, none: Fraternity, not the slightest!" Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 To meet the exigency Government has formed another Board of Health, but without dissolving the first, though the second is intended to swallow up the first and leave it a mere nullity. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II The hereditary succession can never exist as a matter of right; it is a nullity—a nothing. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 But there is not a single one of your laws that is not tainted with nullity, and the most monstrous nullity of all, the very hypothesis of the law. Anarchism and Socialism The usurpations and acts of the rebels were considered not legal acts, but nullities. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 The sky was filled with morning when a noise startled Davidge out of nullity. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards The privileges and powers granted in this patent, had they ever been exercised by Arlington and Culpeper, would have rendered the government at Jamestown almost a nullity. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 It was a very valid cause of nullity all the doctors held. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court Thus, the redemption, about which so much is said, is resolved into a mere nullity. The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted It seems that stupor as such appears only when death and nullity are accepted. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type In Germany the procedure of nullity of marriage has been invented for these cases, but without gaining much. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study She showed the hand of the master by her own nullity. Audrey Craven It is no longer necessary to demonstrate the nullity of the notion of race. Introduction to the Study of History The act of the State of Georgia, under which the plaintiff in error was prosecuted, is consequently void, and the judgment a nullity. Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia With a Statement of the Case, Extracted from the Records of the Supreme Court of the United States It seemed, this child, like the seal set on her own nullity. The Rainbow These deplorable effects of suggestion may last a long time till their nullity or their absurdity causes them gradually to disappear. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study There was to be no return of the goods, no turning back from the bargain; the pleading of a suit of nullity of sale is expressly barred. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters Besides she would have needed the Pope's dispensation for such a union—as Philip had already explained to her—while her birth and crown were the results of a Papal dispensation being declared a nullity. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) In this point of view they are considered, at least in this country, as mere nullities. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Things had all been stark, unreal, barren, mere nullities before. The Rainbow Her style also possesses the needful lightness and grace, and she accordingly succeeds admirably in her sketches of high life, with all its elegant nullities and spiritless pomp. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Brinkley, who was in possession of a first-rate meridian-circle, believed himself to have discovered relatively large parallaxes for four of the brightest stars; Pond, relying on the testimony of the Greenwich instruments, asserted their nullity. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition I cannot recollect any time when this nullity of the ruling party was more complete. Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 But the constant agitation in society of such projects may be no nullity—may have, for a season, an indisputable and very pernicious influence. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 He does not override the constitution, and treat it as if it were a nullity. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election The prohibition would be a nullity under the Federal constitution. The Relations of the Federal Government to Slavery Delivered at Fort Wayne, Ind., October 30th 1860 If it does, it is a nullity, whatever may be its form. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II He still hoped that Orange might be tempted by the prospect of immediate happiness to press for the nullity of the Parflete marriage. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange They abolished the Sabbath, and declared that Christianity was a nullity. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes The Calvinistic interpretation makes the apostle inconsistent with himself, and the command to preach the Gospel to every creature—a nullity. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election The power fell into the hands of servants, and although they never actually assumed the title, they were sovereigns in fact, while the Mikado became an utter nullity. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Your majesty will understand that upon the information thus far received by us it is not in our power to pronounce a sentence of nullity. The Faith of Our Fathers Suppose for a moment the presidency abolished, or reduced to the political nullity of the crown in England; and postpone for a moment the consideration of the Senate. The Critical Period of American History We have the same savagery, the same slavery, the same nullity as we had five hundred years ago. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories It is true that the persons who ought to have appreciated the profound nullity of spirit, and excellent qualities of heart of this good man, suppressed his patronymic, and ordinarily called him Le Bonhomme Buvat. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental This hybrid image of ruin, derived from nullity, concept and contradiction in which all décadence instincts, all cowardices and lassitudes of soul have their sanction! Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature There is something inherently vulgar about it; perhaps because our train of thought cannot be very entertaining in itself when we are so glad to break in upon it with irrelevant nullities. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Thus the evolutionist foundation of ethics is purely objective only to the herd of nullities whose votes count for zero in the march of events. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Thus it is with Eumæus, his mistake is a comic nullity. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary This was a terrible blow, for at the time cavalry was almost a nullity, and operations were somewhat suspended, if not entirely crippled, owing to the lack of that arm. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 In opposing the issue of State bonds to aid a certain railroad, he declared that if the legislature saddled this debt upon the taxpayers, their act would be a nullity. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Lying on her couch in the square, solid house in Augustus Road, Wimbledon, Mabel covered her nullity with the imperial purple of her doom. The Creators A Comedy The only escape from faith is mental nullity. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Hitherto he was lost in the world of Appearance; but when he thinks of it, he separates himself from it, and sees its nullity. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary Be that as it may, requisitions are a perfect nullity when thirteen sovereign, independent, disunited states, are in the habit of discussing and refusing compliance with them at their option. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Many English kings had occasionally committed unconstitutional acts; but none had ever systematically attempted to make himself a despot, and to reduce the Parliament to a nullity. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 The Duke of Northumberland is an absolute nullity, a bore beyond all bores, and, in spite of his desire to spend money and be affable, very unpopular. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I Is there anything but us in nature, except subsisting nullity? over whom it hath any power?... Montaigne and Shakspere "The Foreign Office would be better than nullity," I said. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. Perhaps the case of Wade was rather a decree of nullity than a divorce. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 On these grounds they declared that the act was a nullity, and not binding on the people of the State. Stories Of Georgia The departure of those peers, who formed part of the army, completed its reduction to an absolute nullity. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II The gentleman states, and properly, that every act or ordinance of secession was a nullity. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States I do not understand that my associates consider it a nullity—certainly they could not have so considered it when it was passed. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 No doubt the act was quite illegal and a nullity. The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) When therefore my friend makes the bold assertion: “After our death we are again as much a nullity as before our birth,” I say, “Yes, if we take nullity in the Hegelian sense.” The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour The gods of other nations were "vanity," that is, nullity. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Herr Haase, removing his hat, composing his face to a nullity of official expression, entered. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories So far as the slave States are concerned, it is a perfect nullity. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 And, on the arrival of Charles,—irreproachably correct in dress and demeanour, his clean-shaven, sharp-featured, rakish countenance controlled to praiseworthy nullity of expression, she said:— "The weather is abominable." The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance After our death we are again as little a nullity as before our birth. The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour One of three things happens to her: she dies, lapses into nullity, or finds a mate whose nature is sufficiently like her own that they can blend. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators In the ponderous, rather sordid nullity of Manchester House she became shadowy and absorbed, absorbed in nothing in particular, yet absorbed. The Lost Girl Were it otherwise, who can assure you that the new article will obtain the sanction of three-fourths of the States, without which it is a nullity? A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 Her absolute nullity minus it is disagreeable to think of. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Trundle was a good specimen of the cypher or nullity; naturally, he is a figure at Manor Farm, but does nothing, and practically says nothing. Pickwickian Studies He unhesitatingly accepts the Dred Scott decision as law, which the moral sense of the nation and its ablest jurists pronounced a nullity. Political Recollections 1840 to 1872 We are folded together, men and the snowy ground Into nullity. Bay A Book of Poems That the600 resolution was not a nullity, but an authoritative act, binding upon every member of the delegation, until duly reconsidered, I believed then, and believe still. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 The descendants of our noble families at Genoa, at Naples, at Venice, and at Rome, are, for the most part specimens of absolute intellectual nullity. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 On Smiggers’ right is a “doddering” old fellow of between seventy and eighty—clearly a “nullity”—on his left, another member nearly as old, but with a glimmer of intelligence. Pickwickian Studies I know nothing in any line but I would rather remain a nullity studying with serious intentions than profit of or repose upon some meaningless accidental achievement. Nelka Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biographical Sketch Hence its power to make treaties was almost a nullity. History of the United States, Volume 2 Moreover, Jefferson entertained the belief that all appointments made by Adams after the results of the election were known were nullities, on the theory that a retiring President might not bind his successor. Union and Democracy The radical principle of our system is, that the act of the legislative body, beyond or contrary to the power confided to it by the Constitution, is a nullity, and absolutely void. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition They will never consent to fall back into their former nullity, and to be tied up by the nobility and the clergy. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I The Assembly soon found that it was deliberately and systematically deprived of the privileges which of right belonged to it, and that it was little better than a nullity. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Out of the eater came forth meat, and from evil there may be begotten good; but out of nullity there can only come nullity. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida In protesting against New England, the Vallandighams and Coxes are only proving the nullity of 'expunging resolutions.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It follows from all this that the ultimate, aggregate, or absolute effect of even the best epic under the sun is a nullity;—and this is precisely the fact. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Could they have a voice in public affairs without specific measures of restoration, or were the acts of secession a nullity without influence upon their legal status? Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Spiritual nullity and material confusion in a society are not to be repaired by a transformation of egotism, querulous, brooding, marvelling, into egotism, active, practical, objective, not uncomplacent. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle They say, 'The Congress shall not have this power;' or, what is equivalent, they shall not exercise it, for a power that may not be exercised is a nullity. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII It means the fall into automatism, mechanism, and nullity. Fantasia of the Unconscious In society, the most accomplished man of mere professional skill is often a nullity; he has sunk his personality in his dexterity. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune In repose this woman's face is absolute nullity. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians He therefore sought from "our" Church a declaration of nullity. Henry VIII. A self-willed and arbitrary monarch, like Caligula or Domitian, would reduce its functions to a nullity. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation If you haven't, best leave the woman alone; she has one goal of her own, anyhow, and it's better than your nullity and emptiness. Fantasia of the Unconscious They themselves tell you that they are nullities. Tancred Or, The New Crusade He had no liking for violent methods or for "obstruction" in parliament; and his leadership gradually became a nullity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Hence his nullity suits with Catherine of Aragon, with Anne Boleyn and with Anne of Cleves. Henry VIII. It is not necessary here to discuss the question of the validity or nullity of the bonds. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government All the world was still beclouded with mists, and the windows and doors looked forth on a blank white nullity—as inexpressive, as enigmatical, as the unwritten page of the unformulated future itself. The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee "Mr. Otto Schmidt has just concluded a remarkable nullity of marriage suit," he pondered. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York If your Masonry is a nullity, how can you exercise any influence on others? Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry A more important question was the individuality of the archbishop who was to pronounce the nullity of Henry's marriage with Catherine of Aragon. Henry VIII. It will be remembered that, when the proclamation was issued, it was confessed by President Lincoln to be a nullity beyond the limit within which it could be enforced by the Federal troops. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Four days later he was assassinated, and was succeeded by his nephew, Murád V, whose mind had been reduced to a nullity by intemperance and by a long seclusion in the Cage. The Promised Day Is Come Such weight, however was put on this cavil, that Buckingham, Shaftesbury, Salisbury, and Wharton, insisted strenuously in the house of peers on the invalidity of the parliament, and the nullity of all its future acts. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. Science and experience are full of examples exposing the nullity or the falsity of appearances. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life It is true that we have long ceased to accredit those objections from precontracts, &c., which in the papal courts would be held to establish a nullity. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg He had influential friends, and even relatives, in and near the government, and but for his parliamentary nullity he would probably have been provided with a comfortable berth at an early period. Gibbon The nullity of an act, inconsistent with the Constitution, is produced by the declaration, that the Constitution is the supreme law. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Be that as it may, requisitions are a perfect nullity, where thirteen sovereign, independent, disunited states, are in the habit of discussing, and refusing or complying with them at their option. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Mirabeau was venal, Barnave jealous, Robespierre fanatic, the Jacobin Club blood-thirsty, the National Guard selfish, La Fayette a waverer, the government a nullity. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution The straight and honorable patron is powerless; the owner of the creamery is powerless; and the co-operative element is rendered a nullity. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Considered as a boon to them, it is a mere nullity; but, considered as an impost on the public, it is no nullity, but a very serious and pernicious reality. Public Speaking In the department of international law, therefore, properly speaking, a Congressional recognition of belligerency or independence would be a nullity. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Indeed, its blockade was a nullity, despite the most determined efforts of the Union fleet to keep it closed. Dewey and Other Naval Commanders These precautions taken, they looked about them for the men who were nullities by themselves, and yet, engrafted on their party, of whom they could make ministers. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution Is this one fact not enough to make the elastic theory a nullity, for that theory assumes immovable abutments? Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 The nullity of their proceedings and the innocence of Joan are clearly established both by documents and further by clearest proofs. Joan of Arc The will makes ample provision, but I am deeply pained to say, is, as matters stand, but a nullity. Hills of the Shatemuc The parliament of Toulouse, considering the edicts as nullities, went on with their business. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 The law contented itself with the nullity of the act. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 I find fault with her," I replied, "for giving to the world the spectacle, supremely irritating even for a profane being like me, of triumphant nullity and haughty vice. Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume Sam was to her such a nullity that she enjoyed his company almost as much as being alone. The Bread-winners A Social Study To what extent the new charter established the boundaries of Virginia does not appear, and the subsequent turn of affairs in Virginia made the action of Parliament at this time a nullity. England in America, 1580-1652 When a man once settles down as "literary" and nothing else, he does not take long in reaching complete nullity. Side Lights His great object was to prove the nullity of the treaties under which the whites claimed the country north and west of the Ohio. Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians The valley, the mountains, the invisible wind, even the dead cotton-woods, seemed endowed with throbbing life that contrasted fearsomely with the terrible nullity of this thing that once had been Jim Rodney. Judith of the Plains The Irish Cabinet and its servants can at any moment reduce an unpopular law to a nullity. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 A government that relies on thirteen independent sovereignties for the means of its existence, is a solecism in theory, and a mere nullity in practice. American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) Thus commerce, though in itself a moral nullity, has had a considerable influence in tempering the human mind. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up None of your own liberties could stand a moment, if the casual deviations from them, at such times, were suffered to be used as proofs of their nullity. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Neglected by her husband, left by her children, a nullity in society, then piety becomes her one and last resource. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) A law which is not enforceable is a nullity; it has in strictness no existence. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 Such admission, indeed, may at first to some seem equivalent to admitting that religion is a nullity, and the admission may accordingly be welcomed or rejected. Recent Developments in European Thought The divorce was a nullity, having no authority higher than Cranmer's. The Life of Froude England was strong enough to defy the Armed Neutrality, which indeed proved, as its authoress Catherine II is reported to have said, "an armed nullity." History of Holland Messages of Presidents, complaints of government attorneys, of collectors and agents called attention to the continuous violation of the law; and its nullity was a matter of common knowledge. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making The Irish Parliament cannot legally repeal a single provision of the constitution, but an Irish Parliament might render much of the constitution a nullity. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 I believe the proper method is a nullity suit, declaring our marriage null and—er—void. Second Plays For according to every principle of reasoning, divine or human; if the whole was grounded on fraud, the whole was a nullity, and possessed no moral force. A Review and Exposition, of the Falsehoods and Misrepresentations, of a Pamphlet Addressed to the Republicans of the County of Saratoga, Signed, "A Citizen" While in Brahmanism absolute spirit is the only reality, and this world is an illusion, the Buddhists know only this world, and the eternal world is so entirely unknown as to be equivalent to nullity. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology No one reading Ronsard ever felt the tedium of mere nullity. Aspects of Literature They are for good purposes a nullity; they are effective, if at all, almost wholly for evil; they exhibit the radical and fatal inconsistency of Gladstonian policy. A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 I don't say that in the history of the Church marriages have not been annulled on equally uncertain grounds, but in this case the civil law would require proof—something to justify nullity. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill The press of the North made the most of this design to render altogether odious the small band of moral reformers, to reduce to a nullity their influence upon public opinion. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist And the thought of her nullity with him in the future, her insignificance in his life, tortured her. The Marriage of William Ashe His own taste in women was refined almost to nullity. The Divine Fire A government is at an end, a nullity, when it cannot execute its laws. The Religious Duty of Obedience to Law A Sermon by Ichabod S. Spencer Preached In The Second Presbyterian Church In Brooklyn, Nov. 24, 1850 But the revival of an evil spirit amongst the worst landlords and the interpretations of hostile law officers reduced the Evicted Tenants clause in the Act of 1903 almost to a nullity. Ireland Since Parnell And thus the grand social effort that they had had in view wasted itself in the ever-widening isolation about those men, whose power had become a nullity, whose actions were the result of their despair. The Downfall We regard that treaty as an absolute nullity—of no force. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam I. First, the emphatic proclamation of the nullity of outward rites. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) They have lost it, partly in consequence of the gross vulgarity of our dominant passions, and partly from their own nullity. Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 By all which it appears, there is a nullity in the power as moral, being so very opposite to the revealed will of God. Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive And this is done on the ground of the nullity of the original capture. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter To him the Balaklava Coronal must have proclaimed its nullity as far as its red gold could be seen. The Collectors But—perhaps we have the tyrant before us where I thought I perceived the nullity of the commander-in-chief. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig It is, indeed, a question whether it is not in itself a nullity. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson Is it a law, or is it a nullity? a thing of force, or a thing of no force? The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style "No, Sir Charles," rather hurriedly; and later, with visible effort to recapture the perfection of well-trained nullity.—"He only asked after Miss Damaris." Deadham Hard Its nullity was appalling; from afar I felt the physical uneasiness that an equivocal picture will usually produce in a devotee. The Collectors Though moving amidst the creation with an erect form, and with the shape and semblance of a human being, he was a nullity as a man. The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament (1808) Volume II If such had been its effect, it was a nullity until approved by the Mexican Congress; and such approval was never made or intimated to the United States. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk And whatever they please to enact or to repeal in the settled forms, whether it be ecclesiastical or civil, immediately becometh law or nullity. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 Still more resented her own relegation to the nullity of the prenatal state. Deadham Hard I want you to feel the full nullity of me. The Collectors In these misguided spirits there is so much presumption, self-conceit, self-love, that they are, in the nullity of their lofty pride, a worship unto themselves, an idolatry of their own reason. Delsarte System of Oratory It is remarked by Bacon, that many men try to procure reputation only by objections, of which, if they are once admitted, the nullity never appears, because the design is laid aside. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler "If prescription can make mere nullities to become good and valid, the laity may be capable of all manner of ecclesiastical power, &c." The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 But, for Miss Felicia the oncoming of middle-age by no means condemned the lesser pleasures of life to nullity. Deadham Hard A promise by the husband before marriage as to the establishment of the place of residence of the family, created a moral obligation only and was a mere nullity in law. Legal Status of Women in Iowa Among these energetic nullities we see gradually rising a young monster—with face handsome and tranquil—Saint-Just! Studies in Literature In spite of the weakness, or rather nullity, of the regal power at the same epoch, from this moment the regal power begins to gain ground. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 These historical characters are not mere shadows, puppets, or nullities, but very real men and women, our own flesh and blood. Without Dogma Another impediment is based on the presumption of want of consent, "the nullity being caused by a defect of consent." A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. The Action of the Magnet in Hypnosis.—The nullity of the action of the magnet disclosed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Von Keudall was succeeded by his antithesis, a nullity in court and country of whom even his fellow diplomats could say nothing in praise. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II The marriage was concealed for some months from his mother,—who at a subsequent period left no stone unturned to prove its nullity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 It is not owing to constitutional laziness, either, that I am a nullity. Without Dogma The great and wealthy have been able at all periods, by working one or more of these doctrines, to reduce the theory of the Roman Church to nullity in practice. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Mr. Falkland had experienced the nullity of all expostulation with Mr. Tyrrel, and was therefore content in the present case with confining his attention to the intended victim. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are But then, again, had he not logically met and demonstrated, to his own satisfaction, the nullity of the religious dogmas on which New England faith was based? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 He was a tall, gaunt, pale young man, with long hands and feet, slouching shoulders and narrow chest, and a strange, indescribable nullity of expression dwelling upon his features. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 It is the absolute nullity of the man of many millions. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers But the world was progressing, and that during the first three centuries after Christ the power of the husband was reduced in practice to absolute nullity I shall make clear in the following pages. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Were the paddle our only means of propulsion, our whole naval force would be reduced to a nullity. Men of Invention and Industry When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section C That which includes everything is opposed to nullity. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend Without Northampton's aid the nullity suit could not be put forward, and without the annulment there could be no marriage for him with Frances Howard. She Stands Accused "Let him hear the text," said Lady Ashton, appealing to the divine, "on which you yourself, with cautious reluctance, declared the nullity of the pretended engagement insisted upon by this violent man." The Bride of Lammermoor The nullity of its influence on crowds—Crowds only to be influenced by their unconscious sentiments— The role of logic in history—The secret causes of improbable events. The Crowd; study of the popular mind It is the high opinion I have of my countrywomen that has made me cavil, before now, on seeing them turned into elaborately dressed nullities by foolish and too adoring husbands. The Ways of Men It seemed to him that to sacrifice himself in a marriage he did not want would be degrading, and would undo all his life, make it a nullity. Sons and Lovers What did Sir Thomas Overbury know that made every one whose interest it was to further the nullity suit so scared of him—Rochester, her ladyship, Northampton, the Howards, the King himself? She Stands Accused He did not see how SYPHER, who was a nullity, could be figured out to be a member of Congress. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 Pius VII. would not yield; but Napoleon found greater servility in the metropolitan officialty of Paris; and October 6, 1806, he secured a sentence pronouncing the nullity of his brother Jerome's marriage with Miss Paterson. The Court of the Empress Josephine In England, besides the nullity of the second marriage, it subjects the offender to transportation, or imprisonment and branding, for the first offence, and to capital punishment for the second. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II He sat there sacrificed to her purity, which felt more like nullity. Sons and Lovers The King, already incensed against Overbury for some hints at knowledge of facts liable to upset the Essex nullity suit, pretended indignation at the refusal. She Stands Accused The phantoms of his imagination faded to insignificance, and then to utter nullity, beside the woman of flesh and blood, the one real object in a world of shadows. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings The streets were dotted with these black-clothed men and stiff women, all reduced to a Sunday nullity. Twilight in Italy How corrupt and venal was a bench that made the law of the land a nullity when a great personage was the law-breaker! London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Your heroic endeavours have already reduced our unjust aggressors almost to complete nullity. Life in Mexico The commission appointed to examine into the Essex nullity suit went into session three weeks after he was imprisoned. She Stands Accused We were great friends, and I liked her very much, but I considered her a nullity as a pupil. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt And confusing the two, I make nullity nihil. Twilight in Italy He left the King a nullity, and the Queen all powerful. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger He smiled at his daughter, as if deprecating that stolid expression of hers, which would have been eminently appropriate to the funeral of an indifferent acquaintance,—a total absence of all feeling, a grave nullity. The Golden Calf Sir Thomas Overbury, well informed though he usually was, must have been a good deal in the dark regarding the negotiations which had brought the nullity suit to this forward state. She Stands Accused The authority of the Tribunes belonged to him, and thus the popular assemblies became more and more a nullity. Outline of Universal History Mrs. Rhodes passed over in silence this imputation of nullity; she was not so closely related, after all, that she need allow herself to be disturbed by it. With the Procession They exercised a twofold jurisdiction,—as a diocesan and as a metropolitan tribunal,—and both affirmed the nullity of the marriage. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise He had changed, so he believed, to the point of nullity and final ineptitude. The Far Horizon Seven out of the twelve members of the packed commission voted in favour of the sentence of nullity. She Stands Accused Its independence must be a mobile and increasing quantity between zero and the infinite, without ever reaching either completeness or nullity, for the monad can be neither absolutely passive nor entirely free. Amiel's Journal For the moment they appeared to have thought that with Bibulus's help they might defy Caesar and reduce his office to a nullity. Caesar: a Sketch Seven long days and nights have been spent in ransacking the volumes of the Moniteur and the Official Bulletin in order to prove the nullity of His Majesty the Emperor's first marriage. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise The glories of Greek art were around him; the statues of Pallas Athene and many more fair creations looked down on the little Jew who dared to proclaim their nullity as representations of the Godhead. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts I tell you, you have used force against me, and you know not, you omniscient nullity, that I never bend in opposition! Hunger Otherwise I should have so easily believed in my own nullity and in the insignificance of all my efforts. Amiel's Journal The confederation was universally considered as a nullity. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched For three days the Minister of Foreign Affairs has been in negotiation with the Archbishop, trying to overcome his scruples with regard to the nullity of the first marriage of His Majesty. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise Since then all soothing arguments are fruitless; 'Tis fit t' apprize you that you yet remain Under my wardship by your father's will; And now to wed would be by law a nullity. The Female Gamester A Tragedy This sort of surprise, I take it, depends on a liveliness of the spine, with a more or less constant nullity of brain. Daniel Deronda All theories of the nullity of the individual, all pantheistic and materialist conceptions, are now but so much forcing of an open door, so much slaying of the slain. Amiel's Journal Be that as it may, requisitions are a perfect nullity, where thirteen sovereign, independent, disunited States are in the habit of discussing, and refusing or complying with them at their option. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched I believe the proper method is a nullity suit, declaring our marriage null and–er–void. Mr. Pim Passes By As it is, the representative branch of our government is practically a nullity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 The lady may not have been reluctant; but the marriage has been annulled, and the husband has been criminally prosecuted, the nullity of the marriage not availing to save him from conviction and punishment. The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 Give the world thy measure, say thy word, reveal thy nullity or thy capacity. Amiel's Journal The trial, in 1613, ending in a decree of nullity of marriage, was a four months' scandal in the land. Character Writings of the 17th Century At least, in the state of nullity in which we are at present, no one can reproach us…. The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France Wherefore I declare the justice of the cause of the Republic, and the nullity of any judgment that may be pronounced against her in this matter. A Golden Book of Venice Mr. Heatherbloom, standing with the light of the window falling pensively upon him, she didn't seem to see at all; he had once more become a nullity. A Man and His Money It was desired to avoid if possible the drowsy nullity of the Canadian Upper House and the preponderating "bossiness" of the American. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Its infinitesimal treatment being a nullity, patients are never hurt by drugs, when it is adhered to. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 It follows from all this that the ultimate, aggregate, or absolute effect of even the best epic under the sun, is a nullity—and this is precisely the fact. Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works The Prince of Orange was appointed lieutenant general for Mathias, and the actual power of the latter was reduced to a nullity, but he was installed at Brussels with the greatest pomp and ceremony. By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic His mental searching, surrounded, met, by nullity, he regarded as his supreme effort in the direction of sheer duty. Cytherea There are, it is well known, analogous cases in Law, where the nullity of an illegal transaction does not do away the penalty attached to it. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 What Henry sought was a declaration of nullity—that no valid marriage had ever taken place. England under the Tudors You have my hearty concurrence in telling the jury the nullity of acts of Parliament…. The Emancipation of Massachusetts Expositions upon the foure chief places in Scripture, which treat of Marriage, or nullities in Marriage. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 You should develop along your own lines, strong and simple, not be a many-sided nullity. Without Prejudice And is it not clear that if its influence is less than that of the privileged orders combined, there is no hope of its emerging from its political nullity and becoming something? The Eve of the French Revolution But some sort of admission which she made before him was interpreted by the Archbishop as involving the nullity of the marriage. England under the Tudors Our religious instruction was a nullity, and I am only surprised that the results were not worse. The Young Step-Mother This cause is alone enough to reduce the German Bund to almost a nullity, independently of its wretched internal constitution. Considerations on Representative Government None of your own liberties could stand a moment, if the casual deviations from them at such times were suffered to be used as proofs of their nullity. Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America The sweetness of her resignation seemed to melt into nullity. The Old Wives' Tale I have done nothing, aunt," exclaimed Lucy, "and the good are never nullities. Love Me Little, Love Me Long But, the more he gloried in his utter nullity, the more she delighted in her work, and found ample compensation in the approval of her own conscience. The Clique of Gold The swarm to me is nightmare and nullity—horrible helpless writhing in a dream. Aaron's Rod Putting himself in conscious opposition to such a man, he had but his due in a sense of nullity. Thyrza One could not bear any more of this shame of sordid routine and mechanical nullity. Women in Love But I leave the glory of photographing nullities to the geniuses of the age, and run to the first words which could, without impiety, be called dialogue. A Woman-Hater In these regulations the arbitrary government—the King of Denmark being the most absolute monarch in Europe—appears, which in other respects seeks to hide itself in a lenity that almost renders the laws nullities. Letters on Sweden, Norway, and Denmark In regard to what had changed the current of her life, she mentally asserted her mere nullity, her absolute non-existence. Dr. Breen's Practice Religion, on the union of love and dread in. —our civilization dependent on the spirit of. —within the province of a Christian magistrate. —false, courts obscurity. —negative, a nullity. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke She sat suspended in a state of complete nullity, harder to bear than death. Women in Love But it was, of course, clear that unless this meant a higher price for work per hour, it would be a mere nullity, and that the masters, unless forced, would reduce it to that. News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance The priests of liberty should offer up their thanks to the monarch who declares “the word of power” a nullity, and “the sentence” of justice omnipotent. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 But that Act was on the south of the Tweed a nullity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 The commission, however, proved to be a mere nullity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 The sentence which had deprived him of his estate and of his honours was treated by the majority of the Convention as a nullity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 In fact, they had reduced the decision to an absolute nullity. Life of Stephen A. Douglas I have been sitting here for a week, face to face with the truth, with the past, with my weakness and poverty and nullity. The Madonna of the Future That renunciation was therefore a nullity; and no swearing, no signing, no sealing, could turn that nullity into a reality. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 Our deprivation,"—such was the reasoning of Ken,—"is, in the sight of God, a nullity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Compton had been suspended by a decree of the High Commission, and the decrees of the High Commission were universally acknowledged to be nullities. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 If their laws conflicted with that it was the business, not of Congress, but of the Courts to decide their nullity. Life of Stephen A. Douglas He avowed that, in his judgment, the Declaration of Indulgence was a nullity, and that the dispensing power, as lately exercised, was utterly inconsistent with all law. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Considered as a boon to them, it is a mere nullity, but considered as an impost on the public, it is no nullity, but a very serious and pernicious reality. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 The Act by which Tyrconnel had delegated his authority to a junto composed of his creatures was a mere nullity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 For he held that it had from the beginning been an unlawful assembly, that all its resolutions were nullities, and that the Sovereigns whom it had set up were usurpers. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Our impulses, our spiritual activities, no more adjust themselves to the idea of their future nullity, than the beating of our heart, or the irritability of our muscles. The Lifted Veil They refused to pay anything for the detention which they regarded as illegal to an officer whose commission was, on their principles, a nullity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 It follows from all this that the ultimate, aggregate, or absolute effect of even the best epic under the sun, is a nullity:—and this is precisely the fact. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 In support of their feeling for Furst and Company, Berlin Society was farther obliged to pronounce the claim of Miller Arnold a nullity, and that no injustice whatever had been done him. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 This world is not governed by abstractions, for abstractions are nullities. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny Minister Adams was better received than most nullities because he made no noise. The Education of Henry Adams The depositions of all who belonged to these two classes were therefore regarded as mere nullities. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 But, in the present case, your letters have a radical fault, a nullity, as the lawyers say. Beatrix But at least it saved his face and rescued him from nullity—he who was their chief. Scaramouche The Union itself, apart from the sovereign States that compose it, is a mere abstraction, a nullity, and binds nobody. The American Republic : constitution, tendencies and destiny The feeling of Severine for this nullity of a man never went beyond the protecting pity of a mother for her child. The Deputy of Arcis The Declaration was, in the eye of the law, a nullity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 His routine habits then became great experience; his manners and his silence concealed his lack of education, and his absolute nullity was a recommendation, for a cipher was needed. The Lesser Bourgeoisie The whole scene breathed boredom, the man embarrassed by the consciousness of his nullity, the woman tired of her dismal visitor. Camille Many English Kings had occasionally committed unconstitutional acts: but none had ever systematically attempted to make himself a despot, and to reduce the Parliament to a nullity. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 He instituted proceedings for nullity of contract, and gained the day. Gobseck The King and his adherents had hoped that many returning officers would treat the Prince's letter as a nullity; but the hope was disappointed. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 CLOOTZ, Anacharsis, Baron de, account of, disparagement of, in National Convention, universal republic of, on nullity of religion, purged from the Jacobins, guillotined. The French Revolution The national sales, not having been confirmed by Act of Parliament, were regarded by the tribunals as nullities. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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