"Inutile" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the mind of the woman who purposed to write the novel the idea of a man—of the man—who should be the novelist she wanted to be. He should use as by right and from instinct the material which lay inutile at ...
— When Winter Comes to Main Street • Grant Martin Overton
... mountain, and during the month of September, which brought back fine weather, nothing was heard of the genius of the island. His power was not manifested in any way. It is true that it would have been inutile, for no incident occurred to put the colonists to ...
— The Secret of the Island • W.H.G. Kingston (translation from Jules Verne)
... de ton bras la force les renverse; 1010 Que de ton nom la terreur les disperse; Que tout leur camp nombreux soit devant tes soldats Comme d'enfants une troupe inutile; Et si par un chemin il entre en tes tats, Qu'il en sorte ...
— Esther • Jean Racine
... dixit, studium quid inutile tentas? Maeonides nullas ipse reliquit opes— Sponte sua carmen numeros veniebat ad aptos, Et quod conabar scribere, ...
— The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, In Nine Volumes - Volume the Third: The Rambler, Vol. II • Samuel Johnson
... dans l'antique hierarchie de l'eglise d'Orient serait rejete comme dangereuse et inutile et toute reclamation de priorite ou de privilege de la part des religieux des autres communions, ne serait admise qu'apres un examen impartial et approfondi de la question. Dans les cas de cette nature, il semblerait que le ...
— Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question • Lucien Wolf
... rushed up the stairs again, pursued by the mob at full cry; scarcely, however, had I reached the top step, when the rough hand of the gen-d'arme seized me by the shoulder, while he said in a low, husky voice, "c'est inutile, Monsieur, you cannot escape—the thing was well contrived, it is true; but the gens-d'armes of France are not easily outwitted, and you could not have long avoided detection, even in that dress." It was my turn to laugh now, which, ...
— The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete • Charles James Lever (1806-1872) |
