| 单词 | profitless |
| 例句 | “The thought of a school without boys, who had been to me such a stimulus both in study and play, seemed to my imagination dreary and profitless,” Elizabeth later wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z His hatred of the current mayor, whom he prefers to refer to merely as “the small man,” in tones of seething disgust, led him into an exhausting and fairly profitless rant on one night. Theater Review: Mike Daisey Vents in ‘All the Faces of the Moon’ at Joe’s Pub 2013-09-12T05:06:25Z Fear of rising inflation and recession has driven stock investors toward conservative assets and away from the risky, profitless companies that were the targets of many blank-check mergers. Chamath Palihapitiya, a ‘SPAC King,’ Will Wind Down Two Funds 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z After his freelancer went missing for five days, Mr. Mitchell decided to stop investing in the profitless channel. You, Too, Can Strike It Rich on YouTube! 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z On Monday, Afterpay closed in Sydney up 18.76%, while Square climbed 10.15% in New York, despite the prospect of shareholders being diluted by the new shares to pay for the profitless Australian company. The $29 billion deal in 11 weeks: how Square bought Afterpay 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z More often than not, trying to find the balance between the cost to run skinny bundle TV services and keeping monthly subscription prices low results in a path to a profitless future. AT&T TV Now is now AT&T TV — here’s what that means 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z “This was a stupid and absolutely profitless crime that has destroyed Mr. Jaafar’s life,” he said. Banker gets 1-year term for coronavirus relief funds fraud 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Constitution, for all its greatness, would nonetheless be “profitless in other hands.” The U.S. Constitution is an amazing document — but it won't save us from Donald Trump 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Ours has been the first, and will doubtless be the last, party of whites to visit this profitless locality. Grand Canyon National Park turns 100: How a place once called "valueless" became grand 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z After all, no one is using sock puppets to drum up support for profitless startups—or quitting their jobs to day-trade tech stocks. 5 Signs Tech Stocks Are About to Bring Down the Market Again 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z Companies spent billions of dollars reprogramming their computers for the Year 2000 bug, and profitless dot-com startups won giant valuations from optimistic investors. America’s Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Android may be profitless, but barely keeping afloat is still preferable to going under, and well, what’s the alternative? Why do profit-seeking companies keep making profitless Android phones? 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Compared with most profitless startups, the big firms are not outrageously valued. The rise and fall of the unicorns 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z In 2004 nine Lucent executives were charged in a $1.1 billion accounting scandal related to its “vendor financing” programme, in which the firm lent money to profitless startups and booked those contracts immediately as sales. From corner office to Oval Office 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z “Always” is always a dangerous word in investing, but here’s a good time to use it: Always own some stocks of profitless good firms. Five Ways To Win From Money Losers 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Western investors, used to Silicon Valley’s profitless but promising upstarts, were more understanding. A red tide ebbs 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z If Amazon pushed its plan of profitless growth too far, IBM did the opposite. Amazon and IBM: Whoops! 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Unlike other large, publicly traded companies, Amazon pays no cash dividends — how much longer will the public accord such high value to a company claiming “profitless prosperity”? CHARLES ORTEL: As President Obama hides, the American economy heads for another fall 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z But by pursuing his unpopular war with Iraq, Blair allowed nationalists to argue that the union was instead a machine that sucked Scotland into profitless and expensive exercises in overseas aggression. Scottish independence: catalogue of errors that has brought UK to the brink 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z While you don’t want profitless bad companies, of course, the profitless good firm is a beautiful thing to behold. Five Ways To Win From Money Losers 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z The comments come after a new generation of tech companies have attracted record levels of investments at levels that give the profitless businesses eye-watering valuations. Leading tech investors warn of bubble risk 'unprecedented since 1999' 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z With the exception of Samsung, an army of nameless, faceless, profitless Asian clone manufacturers are flooding the world with cheap Androids, a license-free operating system. Microsoft's Nuclear Option for Mobile 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Recall the dot-com bubble, when profitless companies soared in price. Four costly words for investors: ‘This time it’s different.’ Last year 64 percent of all initial offerings were done by profitless companies, compared with 80 percent in 2000, according to Ritter’s data. Silicon Valley Hears Echoes of 1999 2014-03-07T00:00:49Z “As CFO, her feat was convincing Wall Street that a profitless company was worth $22 billion,” the magazine wrote. Joy Covey, chief financial officer of Amazon.com, dies at 50 2013-09-21T21:27:00Z This sounds to me like competitors marching off the cliff in sync into a pool of profitless prosperity. Growing At 100%, Nexage Gobbles $7 Billion+ Mobile Ad Market 2013-09-05T12:25:00Z Nor is it for Nokia, which is essentially profitless across all divisions of the company. If You Haven't Seen A Windows Phone Lately, It's Because They're Practically Disappearing 2013-07-18T11:58:00Z As it turned out, the new world proved not so much weightless as profitless. Rock giants offer a sound model for business, says man from the Bank 2013-02-03T17:35:00Z Case is a merchant of profitless prosperity and he’s back with a vengeance. Clutch Your Wallet: Steve Case Made $96 Million on ZipCar Deal 2013-01-03T14:04:31Z "However, my belief is that for most of that time it's going to be profitless prosperity." Analysis: Heavy debts set China solar makers up for consolidation 2012-08-14T15:00:05Z Fundamental science requires an extraordinary curiosity, because it is most profitless, with its only gain being new knowledge about the inner workings of the Universe. How the Modern Physics was invented in the 17th century, part 1: The Needham Question 2012-04-07T16:15:00.210Z But ship owners and sailors suffered still more, for the capital of the one was profitless, and the occupation of the other gone. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z And yet, all beyond that is not dark, barren, and profitless to explore. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Consider, for example, the profitless linguistic difficulty of problems 1-6, whose quantitative difficulties are simply those of:— 1. The Psychology of Arithmetic 2012-03-31T02:00:28.817Z If you have leisure moments, and what man has not? do not consider them as spare atoms of time to be wasted, idled away in profitless lounging. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z More profitless work can scarcely be imagined than collecting natural-history specimens without some specific aim or object. Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects 2012-03-28T02:00:31.483Z Seeing that his plans were crushed in every direction, he made a long but profitless expedition and abandoned the country about Tours. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z He found himself, however, no nearer the accomplishment of his wishes in New York than in Halifax and to Halifax, in 1778, after some two years spent in profitless wanderings, he returned. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Domestic intelligence reaches every one so much sooner through the Daily and Weekly Newspapers, that its repetition in the pages of a Monthly would be dull and profitless. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z This, however, is in a region of speculation, which it is profitless to pursue further. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z Toby's advancement in the "astral science," also brought him an increasing number of customers,—though the naked condition of his elbows told the fact that this growing knowledge was somewhat profitless in a substantial sense. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z I have ever felt that it was irksome and profitless to invite others to such affairs, and not less so to be bidden to them myself. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Neither useless regrets for the past nor profitless forebodings for the future should ever cast their shadows over the present, which taken in itself is always endurable, and may generally be made positively happy. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z A reign of favoritism and court trickery at home, and profitless war abroad. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z She contained the document box of the expedition, the loss of which would make their whole work profitless to the world even should the party be saved. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z He could not; but who can tell what effect that futile effort, that unknown and profitless toil, may have had upon the fate of his soul where it now is? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The full tale of Wolf's education would require many profitless pages in the telling. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z On the other hand, the watchers might have tired of their watching and given it up as profitless. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z He had toiled with a fierce, feverish impatience for long weeks at two profitless claims, and mind and body felt the strain. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z A somewhat systematic consideration of the bearing of his teachings on the present war may therefore not be altogether profitless. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Possibly the wily Deacon had lied to him and turned him back for some deeper reason than merely to save him the remainder of a profitless journey. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z As the man lunged, the dog transferred his profitless shoulderhold to a grip on the stabbing arm. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z The idle and profitless disputes of the second era of Christianity were forced, at a later day, to give way to those of the third. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z From almost every standpoint they were profitless to Spain. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Opportunities of employing the cabresto are few and far between: while flight-shooting on an area indefinitely extended is profitless and uncertain to the last degree. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Few things could be lonelier, or more profitless intellectually, than the lot of the unattached students. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z Kwaneet smiles to himself and marvels at the white man’s profitless labour. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z But are we not drifting, as we have done before, into a profitless discussion of subjects neither of us knows much about? The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Next day Hopton was severely injured by the explosion of a wagon containing the reserve ammunition, and the Royalists, finding their victory profitless, moved eastward to Devizes, closely followed by the enemy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Your forms have filled and beautified the blank pages of life, for every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare and profitless forever. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Will either God or man be satisfied with a powerless and profitless profession? Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z His worthy parents were, moreover, people of limited fortune, and unable to prolong these agreeable but profitless pursuits. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z He had set the subject aside as profitless and was a little irritated when Marsyas spoke again. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z To describe the campaign that ensued would be as profitless as it would be tedious. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z You must not imagine, however, that I think it wholly profitless to see whether there would be any substantial effect on numerical fertility were selective fertility to manifest itself. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection 2011-10-18T02:00:18.363Z I have read studies of leaves that were just as profitless as to know their numbers. Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes 2011-10-14T02:00:28.840Z Neither side paid attention to any but the partisan aspect of the question, and the discussions were absolutely profitless. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z The next morning he appeared in the pulpit with an irrelevant theme, and a profitless sermon. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z But, as an educational system, this mode of presenting the subject is, as a rule, profitless and uninteresting. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z He is fey, I tell you— And if we are past the foolish ardour of girls For heroisms and profitless loftiness We shall get gone when bedtime clears the house. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z Forrester, on the other hand, existed in a state of feverish but profitless activity. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z For three hundred, thirty days of the year it is profitless water. Fly Fishing in Wonderland 2011-09-01T02:00:22.230Z "I should not suppose," continued the professor, almost snarling, "that a man of your engagements would have time for profitless excursions into the country." Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z He exhausted the subject which he treated, and was able to throw a glow of interest around details which by most teachers would have been made dry and profitless. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z It would be a profitless task to bring together the most notable of these judgments. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z The funds have not been foolishly expended in sustaining worse than useless hordes of armed men, nor in the profitless support of royal puppets. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Manning's days of struggle with disease were not wholly profitless to others. The Captured Scout of the Army of the James A Sketch of the Life of Sergeant Henry H. Manning, of the Twenty-fourth Mass. Regiment 2011-08-05T02:00:43.977Z Therefore their hundred-mile march, accomplished in twenty-three hours, was not profitless. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z But the invasion has been useless; the speculations have failed; and art and history mourn unavailingly the senseless and profitless destruction of this fairest gem of the lagoons: insularum ocellus. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z He admits that “barren faith and vacant yearning” are profitless; although they may carry him in thought to the highest height of heaven, or to the deepest depth of Death. A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' 2011-07-07T02:00:25.637Z This work was simultaneously translated, by the author of Mr. Walker's version, and by a very accomplished woman whose labors that version made profitless. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z The service is to them but a profitless task, and they all long eagerly for a sedentary life, which would allow them to attend to rural occupations, and to trade. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z For reasons I can’t quite fathom, investors seem far more interested in profitless newcomers to the public market like Pandora and LinkedIn than they are in the single best technology company extant. What's Wrong With Apple? 2011-06-20T19:00:20Z It is evident that Kelley determined to break up the profitless partnership and set up for himself. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He was simply protecting himself from the profitless invasion of time dedicated to important work, by matters that lay outside of his sphere. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z Essex tried one or two encounters with the enemy, and found the battlefields of Ireland profitless and dangerous to the health of one whose chivalry was better suited to the drawing-room. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z But remember, most of those outfits were profitless promises of future growth. The LinkedIn IPO: Shrewd Investing, or Just Crazy? 2011-05-20T00:45:24Z Meat and vegetables from his own table to be supplied to that profitless, good-for-nothing man, Canham, who already enjoyed a house and half-a-crown a week for doing nothing! Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Were the lands profitless, and the pension still to be solicited? Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z "The Prince professedly has summoned me, and I would not draw back until fully assured that mutual council is profitless," said Oswald. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z His expedition had proved profitless, but he foresaw possibilities of gain in the future. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z The betrothal of art and science were a thing harder to bring about and more profitless to proclaim than “the marriage of heaven and hell.” William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z The talk on the part of Congress which we sometimes justly condemn is the profitless squabble of words over frivolous bills or selfish party issues. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z Sir Walter Rawleigh had a grant of twelve thousand acres, which he probably found profitless, for he made them over at a low rate to the Boyle family. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It is an effort to work out of a bad and profitless year, with what result God knows. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z No, Lionel, we are cleanhanded on this score, and if the lesson, be a heavy one for ourselves, let it not be profitless for our poor neighbors. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Ah me! 'tis a profitless world, and there's no satisfaction in it anywhere. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z Let us part pleasantly, and abandon a somewhat profitless discussion.” Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z It was willing to grant the “profitless abstraction” that the southern states still remained states. The Reconstruction of Georgia Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. 13, No. 3, 1901 2011-03-14T03:01:05.213Z To speculate upon the condition of man when conscious life was just dawning is most interesting, but so little is known about that far-off day that such speculation is profitless. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z Lord James Kysington was more gloomy and taciturn than ever, regretting, perhaps, to have yielded to my importunities, and to have ruffled his old age by a painful and profitless emotion. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z The most unlikely speculations had proved successful; properties which he had bought for a mere song, and which had been regarded by the most wary as dangerous and profitless, had become profitable and valuable. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z As a result, many American businesses find themselves in a state of profitless growth or headed toward insolvency. To Beat Foreign Copycats, Sell Services 2011-02-24T18:30:00Z From myself and my own fortunes I turn away as from a theme barren and profitless. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z A Pole, named Sendivogius, also an alchemist, an enthusiast like the rest of the fraternity, who had spent time and fortune in the wild and profitless search, then came upon the scene. Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples 2011-02-23T03:00:32.190Z But how dull, how dry, how profitless are the comfortings of one woman for another. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z What happened was that the Anglo-Norman invaders pushed gradually west, occupying the best of the land and holding it down by castles, but leaving the profitless bogs and mountains to the local princes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Indeed, the answer to the enquiry "Stop what?" might so very plausibly be "Stop it all," that it was a profitless question. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z I had almost answered it in the negative: for I was by this time getting tired of the profitless rôle I had been playing. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z This, however, availed us nothing; and, at last, growing tired of such profitless vengeance, we made up our minds to return entirely to our shady recesses, and, what was better, to our ancient habits. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z Is it unsympathetic not to like fruitless, profitless, barren things? Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z The mere technique may indeed be learned step by step, and it is by no means profitless or unimportant. The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn 2011-01-30T03:00:15.907Z But human beings cannot live forever in profitless conflict. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z And it was just the same when he sat down at his piano: before long his hands would drop listlessly from the keys, and he would resign himself to profitless and cheerless musings. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z Moreover no one has so far understood his meaning, and many souls have been burdened with profitless labor and study, at the cost of much precious time. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z "That stipulation makes me think there may be some sort of a trap to inveigle us into a profitless adventure, though I do not think the colonel would do that." Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z "In two cabs of dates is one cab of stones," much that is profitless will ever be mixed with the good. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Still, with all their troubles, my weary wanderings had not been wholly profitless. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas That the careers of these men are profitless, who shall allege? The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time It was the look which all restless folk wear at times, reflecting the love of God's "unmanstifled places" which glorifies their profitless wandering. Dick's Desertion A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests There is no joy which I desire; my worn-out frame could find no pleasure in dragging out a tasteless and profitless existence. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Such exaggeration is most profitless; it is soon detected, and thenceforth even true statements are subjected by the hearers to a liberal discount. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources With a growing family, he desired, through active business, to increase his estate, and in a few years found himself the victim of profitless mercantile speculations, and, pecuniarily, a ruined man. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 Things continued to go on thus prosperously with Bryan Costigan, when, one season, all at once, he found his cattle declining in appearance, and his dairy almost entirely profitless. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry There were those who lamented that Cuba was thus being stripped and impoverished to enrich another country, if not in a vain and profitless quest. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 This evening he was feeling distinctly dull, for the day had been singularly profitless. The Gay Adventure A Romance His brilliant youth gave great promise, yet how profitless to others, nay to himself, was his whole manhood. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. But now leave this profitless heart-break and let us plan for the future.” The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec He would, if permitted, introduce him to other chosen spirits, by whom disclosures would be made that would render his present relations to life, shallow and profitless. The Children of the World It proclaims to-day with a voice whose certainty changes not that the man who serves Mammon and gains the world while he loses his soul makes a grievous and a profitless barter. Victory out of Ruin Mary Leicester could never be his wife; why, then, involve himself, however remotely, in a deed as profitless as it was perilous? Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) My advice, therefore, would be that one should rather not catch it, and should spare oneself the vexation of the profitless trouble. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise It is terrible to me to think of girls, after their schooldays are over, leading aimless, idle, profitless lives, when there is plenty of good work waiting to be done in the world. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days A discreet knock roused him from this profitless reverie. The Children of the World Outside of Nature all is arid and profitless to him. The Vagabond in Literature Spent the day in writing and reading novelettes, an effective way of killing time, but very profitless. An Artilleryman's Diary So they knew not how time went, until Mrs. Filmer came home, weary and cold and heart-anxious from a round of profitless shopping and visits. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance And now, disclaiming all idea of being ungracious, how about quitting so profitless a topic as my own interesting self? A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance So hidebound was the self-complacency of Trask that even George found it profitless to cheek him with any effect, although in justice to George I am bound to say he tried his level best. A Veldt Vendetta A Cuban belle could never, we fancy, be made to understand the pleasures of that most profitless of all employments, spinning street-yarn. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time It is hard to define anything that lacks definiteness; and, after all, the task is relatively profitless, because we all of us recognize what is at the center of the concept. Some War-time Lessons The Soldier's Standards of Conduct; The War As a Practical Test of American Scholarship; What Have We Learned? He grumbled at Gerald's habits of study, profitless and idle as they seemed to him, while there was many a thing to be done about the house and the garden. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier They were simply saved a great deal of profitless labor which fell upon their brothers. Women of Early Christianity Duty-labour summons him from his own profitless ground, to behold the fruits his exertions are raising for another's enjoyment, and of which he must never taste! The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Three mortal hours to fritter away in profitless anticipation ... The Destroying Angel Lighting his pipe of rank "sheep-dip" tobacco when the supper-dishes were finally cleaned and the dogs fed, he once more prepared for the profitless process of panning. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure "Not a farthing; I'm sorry the favour is so slight a one, for indeed the mountain seems a bleak and profitless tract." St. Patrick's Eve Si saw that it would be profitless to discuss the matter, and concluded to make the best of a bad bargain. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran The trouble has been, too many worthless varieties have been planted, and now that they are bearing are profitless; and the worst of it is they are repeating the same mistake each year. The Apple This idea of the nothingness of life, with its extremes, monstrous and profitless, is often found in the work of Tchekoff. Contemporary Russian Novelists She had too many pleasant things to do to care to waste time in profitless discussion. Betty Wales Freshman But if ever rank and title were a profitless burden, they were to her. Lady Anna To track him further along his tortuous path would be profitless. Are we Ruined by the Germans? In the New Jersey Legislature petitions are flowing in denunciatory of Lincoln’s Emancipation scheme, which would cast into the free States a large excess of profitless population. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital It requires nothing of him in the way of preparation, and only the most indolent and profitless use of his faculties while reciting. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education The ideas of the literary man are never thrown away, however vain at the moment, or however profitless to himself. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors And then, I might never have met him, and--there's the end of a profitless speculation. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography Matrimony had been a profitless investment for him, said he in bitterness. The Bondboy The knocks which he had taken there in those few weeks had cracked the insulation of hopelessness which the frost of his profitless years had thickened upon him. Claim Number One It seems to be a profitless task for a biographer to take up and fight over again quarrels which had no public importance and did not affect the course of history. George Brown During these profitless labours hope seemed to be whispering in her lonely study. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors On the instant it flashed upon him that the plot was known, and that further dissimulation would be profitless; therefore he held his peace while two or three of his captors searched the cellar. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts The crunch of wheels in the road now startled her from her profitless excursions among the mist of visions and dreams. The Bondboy He says: "But one of the grimmest social problems of our time should be sternly faced, not with a view to the generation of profitless emotions, but with a view to its solution." The Social Work of the Salvation Army Meanwhile they engage in empty and profitless conversation, which too often passes into the injurious both for body and soul, of young and old, hostess and guests. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It What better proof do we need that war is profitless, that it means financial suicide? Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association But with this latter object his forbearance was profitless. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 As she watched the picture turn to cinder, she buried fathoms deep below the tide of her present life all the restless, profitless, half-regretful memories it represented. A Singer from the Sea The manner of Nicolo Poussin is said to be Greek—it may be so; this only I know, that it is heartless and profitless. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) The one extreme is a life devoted to pleasures and lusts; this is degrading, sensual, vulgar, profitless; the other is a life given to mortifications; this is painful, ignoble, and profitless. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Hasten ye, profitless children and vile! if ye all had been slaughter'd, Fair were the tidings to me, were but Hector in place of ye skaithless! Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 The arrival of one of the attendants with his luncheon some two hours later woke him from a maze of profitless scheming. The Ivory Snuff Box The government was conducted by a system of bureaucracy which relieved the titular shōguns from all responsibility and allowed them to live in profitless voluptuousness. Japan The spring of 1535 was consumed in promises, negotiations, and a repetition of the profitless story of the preceding years. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. Groping back for one single peg upon which to hang the fabric of their oft-reiterated prophesy was alarmingly profitless. Once to Every Man My heart is very sad to think how profitless a servant I have been; but I do purpose, the Lord enabling me, to be more diligent, more devoted in the future. Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 At first he cried out, cursing his captors loudly, but an instant's reflection showed him how profitless his remonstrances were, and he allowed himself to be bound to the floor in silence. The Ivory Snuff Box In brief, advertised dishonesty is even more profitless than unexploited deception. The Clock that Had no Hands And Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising The discussion was as profitless as that arising from the blacklist. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources It would be profitless to dwell upon this ingenious product of a fertile imagination. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery To follow the mean and the poor of spirit beyond the point where their fortunes cease to be entwined with those of better men is a profitless task. The Wild Geese It were tedious and profitless to detail all the painful circumstances which intervened betwixt the time now referred to and that of the minister’s embarkation. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI He had at least kept the spiritual satisfaction of despising the despiser, the dignity of righteous resentment, the artist's pride in the profitless. Ghetto Comedies Had she not known well it would be a waste of breath, A-ya would have tried to dissuade him from the perilous, and to her mind profitless, adventure. In the Morning of Time On Helicon there's only water, wreaths, The divine lyres, and profitless applause. An Essay on True and Apparent Beauty in which from Settled Principles is Rendered the Grounds for Choosing and Rejecting Epigrams Fear will tie your hands if you allow it; it will make you a profitless servant. Heart Talks Still, for a man to gold-brick himself is a profitless undertaking, but prevalent notwithstanding. Cutting It Out How to get on the waterwagon and stay there That is all; and there is no new question opened for profitless debate. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III After that he refused to talk at such social gatherings as chance afforded, and moodily listened, while he consumed profitless alcohol. The Belovéd Vagabond What you say of them is true enough, and I agree with you they are a profitless lot of trash, but what is a fellow going to do to kill time? Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast What barbarism at its worst could hold such joyless, hopeless, profitless labor, or doom its victims to more lingering deaths? Prisoners of Poverty Abroad I have admitted, without hesitation, what it would be untrue and profitless to deny, that slaveholders are responsible to the world for the humane treatment of the fellow-beings whom God has placed in their hands. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject I know both what I want and what might gain,100 And yet how profitless to know, to sigh "Had I been two, another and myself, Our head would have o'erlooked the world!" Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Ah, what a despicable thing is man's love, how unstable and profitless! The Art of Disappearing His poetical productions were a source of more honor than gain, and, becoming weary of almost profitless pursuits, he abandoned poetry, and devoted himself to his former studies. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. Instead of breaking into profitless lamentations they flew to arms, and delivered the country from the invasions of their enemies. Kościuszko A Biography The grain growing States had to emancipate their slaves, to rid themselves of a profitless system. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject To entrust a confidence to one of unproven sympathy, is to risk a profitless embarrassment. Apologia Diffidentis The grind and worry of the day invade the sweet domain of sleep and weary her with incessant, profitless effort. The World I Live In A country of four hundred thousand inhabitants was to be swept clean and left naked and profitless to the invader. A Victor of Salamis It is probable that the captains found negotiation of any kind exceedingly tame and apparently profitless in comparison with the pleasant forays made by their predecessors. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 It would, however, be as painful as it would be profitless to follow her through the long hours that ensued; let us see, then, what in the meanwhile was happening elsewhere. The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France I did so—perhaps not very clearly, for she asked many questions during the course of the narrative; and her eyes sparkled at the story of our profitless struggle in the coul�e. Lorimer of the Northwest But the cisterns which you have dug for yourselves are broken and profitless to you. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" To follow his thoughts in all their dark mazes were profitless. A Victor of Salamis At sight of this relic of the past, that sweet, entrancing, if profitless past—Lilith could no longer quite keep herself in hand. The Sign of the Spider For well I know—since I saw my mother die—that virtue is a thing profitless, and impracticable in this world. The Fifth Queen Crowned It would be as profitless to assume to instruct an Egyptian desert sheikh upon the merits of a horse as to try to contribute information to the pearl-dealer of the East. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan She has found—as she tells us—her work at last; and yet in the life that seems so profitless she has been doing a work after all. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Everybody liked Colonel Gainsborough, although nobody could account for a man of his age leading what seemed such a profitless life. A Red Wallflower “Is that not rather a profitless speculation, my friend?” Anna the Adventuress After some days of profitless and heated wrangling, the majority ended the discussion by leaving the room and electing Justin McCarthy as their chairman. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History It is profitless, however, to speculate upon what might have been, and the military student must take these campaigns as they were carried out. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Many seem to regard further discussion as profitless, and are ready to shelve the subject. Miracles and Supernatural Religion A standing mill is profitless, whereas a laying hen is not. The Proverbs of Scotland How it may have fared with the other Gospels in the work of Ammonius is not in fact known, and it is profitless to conjecture. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Branch-pruning is essentially the removal of superfluous branches,—those that crowd, that cross each other, that are so placed as to be profitless, that are in the way, that are injured or diseased. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 The patent was secured—so much to the good—but Watt had already spent too much time upon profitless work, at least more time than he could afford. James Watt Let us have a truce to profitless disputes about what cannot be reversed. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses To those who later outgrew the fondness for logic and the supreme respect for Aristotle, scholasticism, with its neglect of Greek and Roman literature, came to seem an arid and profitless plan of education. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe "Well," said Morton, with the air of one who was wearied by profitless discussion. The Long Trick It is fascinating, but I believe profitless, to speculate on the subtle hereditary influences that underlay their attraction for each other. The Tragic Bride He declared that all this was useless and profitless. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality After going about two miles, an order arrived saying we were to go back; and back we went—a somewhat profitless proceeding, but doubtless unavoidable. The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland He disliked controversy, with its waste of energy in profitless discussion, and jestingly averred that if there were any reformers living in his neighborhood he should move away. Looking Backward 2000-1887 Besides, why should he give himself special trouble to produce an unusually large crop of flax or barley, when a single night may make his labours utterly profitless? Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland If courage is manifest in endurance of profitless discomfort it is cowardice to warm oneself when cold, to cure oneself when ill, to drive away mosquitoes, to go in when it rains. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 All around, it was an entertaining but profitless day. At Good Old Siwash Thought, then, is mastered by attention to the details we have discussed, and until we habitually notice these things our reading is apt to be slipshod and profitless. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The remnants of their fleet were destroyed in harbor during an otherwise profitless expedition into Holland led by the Duke of York in 1799. A History of Sea Power That is left to profitless casuists like the ancient rabbis. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John He knew that his father's pride, sustained by that of his grandmother, was unconquerable, and that the sentence, which condemned him to a dreary, inert, and profitless existence, would only be pronounced upon him anew. Fairy Fingers A Novel So far as he was concerned, the meeting between Cis and Mr. Perkins proved utterly profitless. The Rich Little Poor Boy It may seem so to others, but in my own experience these apparently profitless hours are often more fruitful than those spent in belabouring the brain to a forced activity. The Lowest Rung Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke's Summer and The Understudy To aggravate these evils American flour poured into the colonial markets, drawing their cash and rendering agriculture profitless. The History of Tasmania, Volume I That just points to the truth of all such life being hollow and profitless. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Agriculture languished, and the minute subdivision of arable land finally rendered its tillage almost profitless. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) It is of small consequence to those who are beloved of God, and walk in the Spirit of truth, whether they pay or receive honour, which is but transitory and profitless. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) First the schoolboy, then the youth, and now the man, profitless and sour, so that all cultivation has been wasted. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet How the new régimes would have worked in normal times it is profitless to speculate, because, as a matter of fact, the times were abnormal to the highest degree. The New World of Islam Meantime the qualifications and efforts of Mrs. Wheelwright, in the other branch of the institute, were presently discovered to be equally, even if not more, defective and profitless. Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman It is profitless to ask how much of the fun was due to the things said and how much to the manner of saying them. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 The next morning there were no mackerel off the ledges, or if there were, they would not bite; and the No-Name made a profitless trip. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock Are not some of us profitless and barren because we are too indolent to pray? Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet I confess at once that I was little prompted to a visit so dangerous and so profitless. Tales of Fantasy and Fact There settled down, he did not give his hours to idleness; nor yet altogether to his favourite pursuit, the pleasant though somewhat profitless one of natural history. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco They would now be idle and profitless no longer. Carl and the Cotton Gin He has been good to us all I will not be afraid even of the days that look so dull and profitless to me. Janet's Love and Service Moreover, in the time of the Spaniards, the numberless procuradores and pica-pleitos—touting solicitors had no interest in taking up cases so profitless to themselves. The Philippine Islands He, however, would be sadly inattentive to his own interests who keeps a profitless beast so long. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure To consider, even briefly, all the varied theories of surplus-value other than these would be a prolonged, dull, and profitless task. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles And what a profitless occupation is the aimless collecting of heterogeneous books. The Book-Hunter at Home “Well, go ahead and say it!” suggested Rufus Craig when he had set himself in the path of Ward Latisan, who was coming away from a last, and profitless, interview with the obstinate heir. Joan of Arc of the North Woods There was no money in Richmond to spend with them; and after a profitless sojourn, they took up their tin cans, and one by one returned North—certainly wiser and, possibly, better men. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death They were like the fretful and profitless chafings of waves upon a rock. The Reign of Mary Tudor The following days were spent in almost profitless activity as far as their basic purpose in being in the Nucleus was concerned. Cubs of the Wolf We spent our energies in profitless work; but now we bear fruit unto God. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. Was this terrible denial which, for reasons beyond their incomplete brains, they imposed upon themselves, a meaningless, profitless business? Erik Dorn Some of the less observable features of skill in performance which only later become overt in speed and accuracy are being attained during these seemingly profitless and discouraging intervals. Human Traits and their Social Significance They had been enlisted with lavish promises of prize money, but saw before them nothing but a profitless cruise. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 I think it will be profitless trying to take any more this forenoon; toward night they will bite again. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 To go over all the interminable squabbles which took place between Judge Willis, on the one hand, and the various judicial and official dignitaries on the other, would be alike wearisome and profitless. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion He would be able henceforth to talk to the old man and say, "I love Rachel," and the old man would think he was coining phrases for a profitless amusement. Erik Dorn Our university boasts, and with justice, of its library, cabinets, and philosophical instruments; but these are lifeless, profitless, except as made effectual by the men who use them. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Among its ancestors and kindred were some good and some not good, some large and some small, some well favored and fat, some ill favored and lean, some profitable and some profitless. The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals Macaulay gives the English name Commons to the plebeians. 11-18 A discussion as to who these chiefs were, or as to where the places mentioned were located, would be profitless. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 It would be as profitless as to discuss what would have been the fate of the Revolution of 1688 if James the Second had died while he was Duke of York. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Round the room that deluded minstrel went, seeking what he might devour, but his voyage of discovery for any hot fowl was profitless; and Growling, in silent delight, witnessed his disappointment. Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Why, you’ll just waste two months or so in profitless wandering, and return beggars to the Little Creek to begin the work all over again. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West Under other conditions, it frequently proves small, waxy, and inferior in quality, and profitless to the cultivator. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. But I hold it to be the most unphilosophical thing in the world to call away men from useful occupations and mutual help, to profitless speculations and acrid controversies. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection I longed to see a whale caught, for as yet the voyage had been profitless, and every one was out of spirits. Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler Gardening is profitless when the gardener does not know the habits of plants and the possibilities of different kinds of soil. Civics and Health There’s nothing else for it,” he added, determinedly; “my uncle will laugh at my profitless tour—but, n’importe, I have learned much.—Come in!” The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West A devout reader may get the meaning of the parable in power upon his heart, while the logical interpreter expends much profitless labour in the dissection of a dead letter. The Parables of Our Lord Fast young men are to him befooled prodigals, wasting the wealth of life in profitless living. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Criticism which glorifies any one book of a given author at the expense of all his other books is profitless, if not dangerous. The Bibliotaph and Other People Two hours were spent in this profitless speculation, and then the boys returned, bringing with them two large hoccos, birds looking not unlike wild turkeys. The Search for the Silver City A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan Have you ever passed from the region of universality, which is vague and profitless, into the region of personal appropriation of the person of Jesus Christ and His death? Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Many of the British humorists have been either Scotch or Irish, and it is rather profitless to attempt distinctions as to the humorous sense of these as contrasted with the English. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers Our men gave a single ringing, soul-stirring cheer, as they sprang into view, and then were silent, the exertion of pressing up that steep acclivity leaving them no breath to waste in profitless noise. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War All the craft which he afterward showed in negotiations would have been profitless without a competent and trusty interpreter.… South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure It is profitless here to go into the question of the treatment of the slaves by their Portuguese masters. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 To assent to them, when we keep them in their generality, is very easy and very profitless. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. All in all, it had been a profitless speculation on Les King's part. Ten From Infinity Shall we enact for him a sort of Napoleonic law of general safety, to deprive him of the poor liberty he has—however profitless the boon may seem to us to be? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy A man Of wisdom dealeth not in empty words That like the east wind stirs the unsettled sands To profitless revolt. Man of Uz, and Other Poems The stories seem stale and profitless to us which he accepted with awe-stricken reverence as a demonstrative testimony to the Divinity of the work. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) So he discourages a profitless curiosity, and exhorts to a continual vigilance. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. Why pass the hours, The fleeting hours, in profitless regrets, When each regret but lops another bough, Full of green promise, from the tree of life? Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 But since this is what modern morphological criticism in great measure aims at doing, it cannot be altogether profitless to follow this method to its logical conclusions. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology For that matter I think that Mr. Beerbohm himself would not have found a talk with her altogether dull or profitless. Gigolo His deed lent lustre to a profitless attack. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry I send this response to save others from the trouble of seeking an answer, and being disappointed at their profitless labours. Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. I shall refer to but a few of these profitless suggestions. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Then life seemed empty and profitless; and in its emptiness his voice echoed all the louder. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies It is possible that this was the "last straw," and that the reception of The Blues hastened Byron's determination to part company with the profitless and ill-omened Liberal. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 So the battle raged until the wearied judge limited the profitless discussion to one more day, and then Cummins and Ford launched their bombshell. Rimrock Jones His regrets were less for the happy days gone by than for those that were passing all profitless for love. The Child of Pleasure When men obtain some rich and splendid prize, by their wrong-doing, many admire their boldness and dexterity, but foolish, profitless wickedness ensures only contempt. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) What that lore is worth, it would be profitless for us to discuss, but that he possesses it—all of it—I know, beyond doubt. Brood of the Witch-Queen She is in tears at the death of her boy, and details all the petty cares she had over his helpless infancy, and how they are now all profitless. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy When Christianity had grown weak, profitless, and powerless, the Arab Restorer and Iconoclast came, like a cleansing hurricane. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry From this I know that it is profitless to try and do him good. Michael Angelo Buonarroti The girls were impressed and their hearts ached for Dan Higgins, his years of hope and work and his profitless mine. The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run Devotion to the tree is profitless, but partaking of the fruit is beneficial. The Promulgation of Universal Peace The questions spun round and round in her head, weary, profitless, yet persistent.... The Fruit of the Tree Its natural impassivity was so greatly increased by the presence of the coloured spectacles that my study was as profitless as if I had scrutinized the face of a carven Buddha. The Devil Doctor And that vengeful passion must not be permitted to expend itself in profitless inward torture. The Substitute Prisoner Speculation at this stage was profitless and the day was perfect. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure There, figuratively speaking, they had hung ever since, the inventor reasoning that life without this paragon of capability was a wretched and profitless adventure. Flood Tide One of the two was old, the other comparatively young, and the younger man was most curious to discover how his elder had managed to live through the dragging profitless years alone. The Four Feathers More than once he has found his best devices profitless because ahead of his time, or because of conditions, political or otherwise, which no one could foresee. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures Fanchette as a subject for copy had long been profitless as a sucked orange. Winner Take All He had evidently, in the opinion of Mrs. Passford and her son, undertaken a profitless enterprise. Stand By The Union I remained at Spring Grove, I think, four or five years, a barren, profitless time. Lore of Proserpine They love you too well to be willing to see you preparing for an unhappy and profitless life. The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated Like the fanciful theories of the ancient philosophers, it seems only to involve a profitless topic of controversy, without solving natural phenomena. An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges "We will talk of this all again some other time," he went on, tired of the profitless discussion. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties “In regard to Keinohoomanawanui’s wish,” said the wise man, “that is an innocent wish, but it is profitless and will bring no blessing.” Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends Little did she dream the real source of the friendly lawyer's anxiety to prolong a very profitless existence. A Crooked Path A Novel While doubly occupied with listening and working with his hands, he found that his mind was less apt to go off on a tangent and indulge in painful and profitless speculations. The Land of Promise Yet the space between Mr. Beresford's death and his funeral was to his heir a tedious and profitless blank. A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 A Novel The month of March and the first half of April, 1911, proved to be the most profitless and unsatisfactory part of the Expedition. South with Scott Thus my mind worked—in endless and profitless cycles—whilst my eyes were ever searching the shadows below me. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor Tract selling in this generation is probably the most thankless, profitless work that any human being could undertake. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine Henry was, in his heart of hearts, convinced that Horace Allen, had he been rich, would have owned automobiles and spent hours in the profitless work-play of the golf links. The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel Any further talk between them would be profitless, and so Lawler did not answer her question. The Trail Horde Further, to our chagrin, the eastern party had not effected a landing, for Campbell realised that it would be profitless to set up his base alongside that of the Norwegians. South with Scott Society was so utterly disturbed by this catastrophe that residence in Mexico became alike unsafe and profitless, and the Spanish musician resolved to return to Europe. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens I know both what I want and what might gain, 100 And yet how profitless to know, to sigh "Had I been two, another and myself, Our head would have o'erlooked the world!" Men and Women Tallente, however, spent a somewhat profitless morning, and it was only by chance in the end that he succeeded in his quest. Nobody's Man Cettinje has been burned many a time by the Moslem, but starvation eventually drove him back to the fatter plains of the Sanjak, leaving a profitless victory behind him. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia There has been a great deal of rather profitless discussion as to whether he expressly imitates the primitifs or reproduces them sympathetically. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture In the midst of these gay doings, which were all very well for a time, but rather profitless on the whole, an extremely favourable opening for promotion suddenly occurred. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels He had the air of one wearied by a profitless discussion. A Prince of Sinners For a single moment the words trembled upon his lips which would have brought things to an instant and profitless climax. Nobody's Man Vain and profitless is the talk of their lips, and yet they understand not. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh He explained that he meant that, and persisted in his assertion—that an idle, aimless, profitless life was a sinful one. Elster's Folly It may express insurrection against all manner of formalism, usages which have lost their significance, rites which have ceased to edify, doctrines which have degenerated into formulas, orthodoxy which has become comparatively barren and profitless. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century Had I not restored to you your ship I would have missed this treasure, that will well repay me for my long voyage, which I had before thought profitless. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century An almost endless and likely profitless discussion has been indulged in as to the proper way to guide a slide rest, and different opinions exist. Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Every wise and praiseworthy man will no doubt eschew such vain and profitless talk. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh With a single exception its ores were low grade, and the wagon-road and pack-trail freightage made them practically profitless to the miners. Empire Builders Proofs and evidences had been often dinned into careless ears without much visible effect, and often before weary listeners, to whom the great bulk of what they heard was unintelligible and profitless. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century His biographer says, "He was as eager as ever to pass the night in profitless, though pleasant, discussions when he should have been trying to regain his strength through sleep." Literary Hearthstones of Dixie One is as profitless and parasitical as the other. The Business of Being a Woman The purpose and preparation of "jerky" was duly elucidated to Thompson; rather profitless explanation, for he had no rifle, nor any knowledge whatever in the use of firearms. Burned Bridges However, he remembered where the sun had been when he had emerged into the open air before, and, after some profitless scouting about, a passing motorcycle set him on the right track. The Boy Scouts In Russia The crowd seemed to take great pleasure in this sight, but to me it was profitless. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Gathering together all the small gossip of a county, profitless occupation as it would be, might yet occasionally help to establish some useful fact—say, a good example of hereditary transmission. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library All the sentiments in the revolting women's program seemed trivial, cold, profitless beside the realities of life as they dreamed them and struggled to realize them. The Business of Being a Woman Without this, the two girls might have found it difficult to weather the profitless intervals which punctuated their professional engagements. The Moon out of Reach He is fey, I tell you— And if we are past the foolish ardour of girls For heroisms and profitless loftiness We shall get gone when bedtime clears the house. The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays To compare this duet with that in Tristan would be profitless but for one reason. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas Are not these studies rather dry, in the first place, and rather profitless, in the second? An Introduction to Philosophy The session was mainly consumed in excited, profitless discussion. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History It would be a tedious and profitless task to go over the bickerings and quarrels that occurred between the inhabitants and the soldiers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 The enriched soil of these inclosures, made one now with the wild at the leveling of their hedges, produced acres of profitless weeds, green against the rising brown bosom of the hill-fronts. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem Ah! if he could only have understood why she had told him all those lies; but no, they were profitless, inexplicable. His Masterpiece Nor are such studies profitless, to take up our second point. An Introduction to Philosophy These are profitless and harmful, robbing us of strength and contributing nothing to our wisdom or to our security. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Later in life he openly regretted having spent as much as seven years over the scholastic philosophy, which he had learnt to regard as profitless. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London But it has water in it nevertheless; and at fixed and charted spots are to be found bore-holes and wells for the convenience of dwellers in the profitless wilderness. With Botha in the Field The consul-designate had indeed reached the conclusion that his niece was suffering some serious mental derangement, or she would not thus continue to pursue a profitless passion, obviously impossible of fulfilment. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. I am a profitless customer, I believe, Mrs. Duff. Verner's Pride "We 'ain't got no books," said he, in grim rebuke, as though to put an end to a profitless discussion. Judith of the Plains They are empty delusions—profitless, unsubstantial as shadows. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest What fate was this that had set her to such profitless labour on the uttermost shores of "Tragedy"? Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance My thoughts were diverted from a trend of profitless conjecture when shortly after breakfast time my 'phone bell rang. The Green Eyes of Bâst But these remarks are profitless, and will add to the comfort of neither you nor me. Verner's Pride Here he says that self-indulgence is low and self-mortification crazy: that both are profitless and neither is the religious life. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Having learned nothing, and being a wise young man after his fashion, he had determined not to go home entirely profitless, and so came to see Pollard's niece. Six Feet Four She had made a point of clinging to all the farms that had been so profitless under his direction, and so successfully had she managed them that they were all paying handsomely. A Hoosier Chronicle Mr. Cormack did not succeed in the main object he had in view, yet was his trouble anything but profitless. Lecture on the Aborigines of Newfoundland Delivered Before the Mechanics' Institute, at St. John's, Newfoundland, on Monday, 17th January, 1859 There's just enough truth in what you say to make a dispute quite profitless. The Younger Set Almighty God, look upon me with pity; so often I have obeyed the thoughts that have been misleading and profitless. Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration We pull steadily on through the morning, over a good road and up through a still dreary region of moist, sparse turf and shaly slopes of slate and rock and profitless débris. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees But it is profitless to define the malady. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 Mizzi had tasted of the golden fruit and found it dry and profitless, without nourishment or sweetness. Half Portions We had quite an exciting and entirely profitless argument. Jaffery "That will do, Mr. Bishop," interrupted the chairman, who, from profitless watching of Frona's immobile face, had turned to her hand, the nervous twitching and clinching of which revealed what her face had hidden. A Daughter of the Snows That would be putting up a straw man and knocking him down, which is profitless and unconvincing. Certain Success In the West, Greek civilization was in decadence, with the successors of Alexander engaged in profitless squabbles. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 But Elizabeth was weary of the expense, and sick of efforts which were profitless as the cultivation of a quicksand. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Newton returned, bringing his materials, to describe which would be profitless, if it were possible. The Little City of Hope A Christmas Story If this fault has appeared and the child cannot be left alone, our whole educational system is undermined, and play will be profitless and over-exciting, because it demands the constant participation of grown-up people. The Nervous Child Capabilities, like goods, are profitless until they are sold. Certain Success In the neighbourhood of Mullinahone I witnessed the daily painful sight of the perversion of the labour of this country to the most profitless ends. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines Zora dissented loftily, but declined to be led into a profitless argument. Septimus I do not know much about them experimentally, as I have never meddled with this disgusting, profitless, and dangerous branch of investigation. Five Years of Theosophy It was a profitless but absorbing occupation and he vacantly glanced at the majestic panorama of snowy peaks and climbing forest that rolled past the windows of the car. Carmen's Messenger Would the exertions she had made to begin life again be profitless? Invisible Links But Mr. Carson was in no mood to be drawn into a profitless palaver. Christopher Carson It had been as profitless as the last. Septimus Oleron's morrow must be to sit down to profitless, ill-done, unrequired work again, and so on the morrow after that, and the morrow after that, and as many morrows as there might be…. Widdershins This kind of comparison, however, was profitless and perhaps in bad taste. Carmen's Messenger Elsewhere he says that ‘history robbed of the exposition of its causes and laws is a profitless thing, though it may allure a fool.’ Miscellanies One glance of recognition between herself and that poor frightened little thing, and down would come the flood-gates, with profitless explanations to follow in a certain quarter. V. V.'s Eyes Some ascribe it to the rashness of the Prince, who was certainly a very impetuous leader; but it is ill work buffeting the dead, and profitless also. For The Admiral March, volunteer, and disentangle yourself from these profitless speculations! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 Seeing Europe without Lucy Strong would be a dull, profitless excursion. Story of Chester Lawrence There was an income from what had previously been profitless. The Amateur Poacher The one is an endless, profitless, self-tormenting task; the other is the light and liberty, the glorious liberty, of the children of God. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) He had no heart to go about his daily concerns, which appeared so paltry and profitless; but sat all day long in the chimney-corner, picturing to himself ingots and heaps of gold in the fire. Tales of a Traveller Thinking of his wasted, profitless life, he began to play, he did not know what, but it was plaintive and touching, and tears trickled down his cheeks. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories It was as if both sides had suddenly repented of their profitless crime. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians It's hungry work, isn't it? and the summons to dinner that is by-and-by sounded from the yacht is a pleasing excuse for deserting so profitless a task. In the Footprints of the Padres So society becomes utterly monotonous, and is insipid and profitless because of that. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) All now that remained was to ascertain the precise spot; for otherwise he might dig at random without coming upon the spoil, and he has already had enough of such profitless labor. Tales of a Traveller How could life have seemed to her dull and uninteresting and profitless? Ester Ried He outlined his profitless years at the university, where a too free use of money had hindered work. The Wild Olive The human mind at last had aroused itself from a long repose, or turned from a profitless activity into broad and fruitful fields. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries If he could not "make good" here, what excuse could there be for him; what was there left for him save the profitless and honourless life of the dilettante and idler? The Rules of the Game Unflushed with ardour and unblanched with awe, Her lips in profitless derision curled, She saw with dull emotion—if she saw— The vision of the glory of the world. The Poems of William Watson She was never bitter nor resentful at their profitless tilt with fortune except as it had reacted on her son. Broken to the Plow In the first place, we are saved by our enforced closeness to real people from wasting our energies in the profitless outcry of economists that people like Nelse should be prohibited from having children. Hillsboro People There has arisen a profitless discussion as to which of these two phases came first. The Historic Thames The conquerors, however, found it a profitless desert, wasted by fire and sword, and in the struggle to possess it their own resources had been drained and well-nigh exhausted. Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations It was a profitless task as a rule. The First Hundred Thousand The incident had taught her a lesson, but there were times when she regretted its termination—when she was stirred to a certain morbid and profitless speculation as to what might have been. Broken to the Plow Fame is profitless as pelf, A good in Nature not allowed They love me, as I love a cloud Sailing falsely in the sphere, Hated mist if it come near. Poems Household Edition But almost immediately after this the North shuddered at the enormous and profitless carnage at Cold Harbor. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II I am convinced, however, that polygamy has become so strongly intrenched in the Territory of Utah that it is profitless to attack it with any but the stoutest weapons which constitutional legislation can fashion. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Chester A. Arthur Thus was No. 1 Royal Street close packed with the stuff of human life, homespun and drab enough, but not altogether profitless, may be, to turn over and examine. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People But roosting on that heat-blistered pinnacle swearing about the things he didn't know struck him as a profitless performance, so he climbed down, got into the saddle again, and rode on. Starr, of the Desert The art of smoking a pipe was one of several profitless habits which, the Frenchman lost little time in acquiring from his Indian friends. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 O God! why do you return to a theme so bitter and profitless to both? Miriam Monfort A Novel It is profitless to discuss here which of them has been chiefly responsible for the disturbances whose recital occupies so large a space upon the pages of our history. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Chester A. Arthur My heart went out to Larry as I scented adventure, and I wished him with me; but speculations as to Larry’s whereabouts were always profitless, and quite likely he was in jail somewhere. The House of a Thousand Candles It is, indeed, one of the cheerful signs of our times, that there is a growing relish for clear air and open skies, a growing indisposition to mingle in old and profitless controversies. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 It was frightful to think of a man's brain being stocked with such inexpressibly profitless treasures. The Defendant After a few years of this profitless drudgery, my father bought an old run-down farm with dilapidated buildings in the neighboring town of R——, mortgaging all, and our souls and bodies besides, for its payment. The Gentleman from Everywhere It is profitless to pursue the subject further. Ireland, Historic and Picturesque I spent fourteen months at Magdalen College, and they proved the fourteen months the most idle and profitless of my whole life. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters It behoveth a man to be well-disposed towards the king in all his interests, and not to indulge in speech that is alike unpleasant and profitless. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva These rousing arguments at Peterboro made social life seem tame and profitless elsewhere, and the youngest of us felt that the conclusions reached in this school of philosophy were not to be questioned. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Your prayer towards the sky was barren and profitless, but prayer towards the earth, work, will give full satisfaction to your soul.' A Tramp's Sketches This, perhaps, is profitless; but I am glad to find that thought on this point always tends to confirm what I believe is the true scriptural doctrine in opposition to Calvinism. A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England It would be tiresome and profitless to so much as name the many different stations that were attacked. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 From one of those profitless tramps he was returning one evening when he observed the word "parsonage" on a door plate. The Mystery of Monastery Farm The thought of a school without boys, who had been to me such a stimulus both in study and play, seemed to my imagination dreary and profitless. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 But the many fellow-beings I met upon my road were as profitless as my companions in the coach. A Tramp's Sketches But it is profitless to talk about death thus drearily. Chivalry You can't give it up, and you have to throw back your thousands in profitless work.' John Caldigate Double, double toil and trouble; most wearisome and profitless. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Whether this be true at all, and, if so, to what extent, it would he profitless at the present time to inquire. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Many weeks had now, according to their method of calculation, been entirely lost in the visionary and profitless plans of their chief. The Red Rover A long discussion which would be profitless to follow in detail, ensued. History of Liberia Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Its influence is one of those things on which it is profitless to comment or enlarge simply because they are an understood part of every man's experience. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge His search in the bath room was equally profitless, and at last he turned to the clothes press. The Apartment Next Door No more shall the insolent voice of a master be the main-spring of our actions, the sole guide of our conduct; no more shall their hands labor in degrading and profitless servitude. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West Slack and shiftless the strong men deemed him, profitless prince; but payment came, to the warrior honored, for all his woes. Beowulf How profitless the labor you bestow Upon a dwelling whose magnificence The tenant neither can admire nor know. The Devil's Dictionary The complicated and lofty ranges bore a noble aspect of durability — equally profitless, however, to man and to all other animals. The Voyage of the Beagle The poor figurante must devote years of incessant toil to her profitless task before she can shine in it. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Love will resolve itself into cold formality, and business will be worrying and profitless. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition I have learned it by looking from my own chamber window and marking these poor monks of the priory, their weary life, their profitless round. The White Company To your work, child, these speculations are profitless. The Importance of Being Earnest The Constitution of the United States is like those exquisite productions of human industry which ensure wealth and renown to their inventors, but which are profitless in any other hands. Democracy in America — Volume 1 Elsewhere he says that 'history robbed of the exposition of its causes and laws is a profitless thing, though it may allure a fool.' Essays and Lectures Those who might have sunk their money in airship building thereupon patted themselves upon the back and rejoiced that they had been so far-seeing as to avoid being engaged upon such a profitless industry. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future Behind him lay the narrow cell, clay-floored and damp, comfortless, profitless and sordid. The White Company On his return to Greenfield after this delightful but profitless tour he became the local editor of his home paper and in a few months "strangled the little thing into a change of ownership." Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 1 Would it not be wise in us to abandon useless talking, idle thinking, and profitless labour? The Warden The course of the study of the spirit of historical criticism has not been a profitless investigation into modes and forms of thought now antiquated and of no account. Essays and Lectures Ah, how dreary it seemed, how miserable, lonely and profitless! Vanity Fair But one of the grimmest social problems of our time should be sternly faced, not with a view to the generation of profitless emotion, but with a view to its solution. In Darkest England and the Way Out Then the Members of the Legislature derided him, saying: “If you waste your time in profitless amusement, you cannot, of course, expect to share the rewards of industry.” Fantastic Fables They found shelves full of forgotten stock, dust-covered and profitless. Fanny Herself My life was a problem in ciphers, a weary and profitless sum. Ballads of a Cheechako Nevertheless, Rowland reflected, there are more profitless things than mere sound and gesture, in a consummate Italian. Roderick Hudson As a general rule, political talk appears to me to be of all talk the most dreary and the most profitless. The Moonstone It was both mental and physical, a deep-lying feeling that nothing mattered and that everything was a weariness and a profitless exertion. The Poison Belt To them my arguments and illustrations would be profitless. A Chair on the Boulevard The education of chance would prove unbalanced, morbid, profitless. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 It is, perhaps, profitless to attempt any analysis of the emotional law that directs this choice, nor need it arbitrarily be said that poetry must of necessity be verse. The Lyric An Essay Howbeit I wrought this, rather than sit with idle hands, wasting myself in profitless repining. Martin Conisby's Vengeance Watching always, keenly sensitive to the beauty of each salient line betrayed by the flying lights, Kirkwood's own consciousness lost itself in a profitless, even a perilous labyrinth of conjecture. The Black Bag Pancha had found out somehow—but he did not linger on that; his mind wasted no time filling profitless gaps. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California The second marriage of his uncle, and the heir that by that marriage interposed between him and the honour of his house, rendered the probable alliance of the youth profitless to us. Calderon the Courtier, a Tale Life was drab and dreary, made up of weary, profitless years and months and weeks and days, to each its appointed disappointment. The Fortune Hunter It poisoned everything, caused him to find his statecraft tedious, his power profitless, and his vices gloomy. Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship For regret is the most profitless thing to cherish. The Call of the Twentieth Century An Address to Young Men However, the appearance of a large band of antelope, a sight now very rare even in the Rockies, caused the profitless discussion to be engulfed in the pursuit of the real thing. A Woman Tenderfoot The inquiry would be profitless; the result possibly unwelcome. The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War The day came when Miss Paget resolved to be rid of her profitless charge; and once more Diana found herself delivered like a parcel of unordered goods at the door of her father's lodging. Birds of Prey All his pugnacity was engaged in what seemed to be a profitless struggle with the speech of the grammar. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Nor had his researches among the dusty records of the departed Haygarths been profitless in a pecuniary sense to himself. Charlotte's Inheritance Sometimes a resolution is introduced that the assembly do not wish to consider at all, because it is profitless, or irrelevant to the objects of the assembly, or for other reasons. Robert's Rules of Order Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies I wondered how he would look, and what he'd say if he came; but he never did come, though the talk was long enough, mercy knows; long and profitless. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day The girl watched him furtively for some little time after he had taken his place at the table; but the stony mask of the professed gambler is a profitless object for a woman's earnest scrutiny. Birds of Prey But their great and various power will be strenuously exerted, for probably a long while yet, to render the acquisitions made by the people as nearly as possible profitless in their hands. An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance But the division of parties in the assembly, with respect to the system of government for united Germany, gave rise to long and profitless discussions. Outline of Universal History The constitution of the United States is like those exquisite productions of human industry which ensure wealth and renown to their inventors, but which are profitless in any other hands. American Institutions and Their Influence During these weary months, if my life was devoid of stirring interest or adventure, it was not profitless. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 So look to thyself, lest life in the world pass idle and profitless by, And see that thou fail not of taking thought to the end of all below. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Many a time and oft Toilsome and profitless my service was, When his shrill outcry called me from my couch! The House of Atreus In the midst of the bloody and profitless civil wars occurred the great invasion of the Mongols, who destroyed the principality of Kiev, and made that of Vladimir tributary. Outline of Universal History Delay not that aid by such vast and profitless recruits as swelled the pomp, but embarrassed the arms, of Xerxes. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance The mere intellectual apprehension of them is not possible, or if possible, profitless. Ethics I am not indolent, but my activity is vague, profitless, capricious. Jane Talbot |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。