10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUTILENESS»
Discover the use of
futileness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
futileness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Seymour Charlton: A Novel
of life and its crushing futileness — myriads of aimless men, now moving now
resting, without purpose, without knowledge of what they are doing, yet in truth all
doing the same thing — like ants on millions of ant-heaps, wriggling, struggling, ...
William Babington Maxwell, 1909
Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them—from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional ...
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, 2011
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Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine
The protecting tenderness with which he had enfolded her in life surged upward
and recoiled with the futileness, the impotence of it all. Not the needlessness, for
he could not divest his mind of the feeling—— the certainty that now, as ever, ...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State ...
This matter has been1 let to drag because of the futileness of an execution and I
told Deft's attorney and him as well what I would take in cash and the same has
been being promised all the time. I shall take judgment (which I am in shape to ...
North Dakota. Supreme Court, Edgar Whittlesey Camp, John McDowell Cochrane, 1901
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Select cases and other authorities on the law of private ...
... as the futileness of the interested, but discontented, shareholders attempting to
frustrate the designs of the interested director with his majority is too manifest ;
but he, if he had done his duty towards them and refrained from entering into the
...
Edward Henry Warren, 1909
But the Celestial devils were too much for us. However, not until we were within
fifty yards of the enemy's line did our commanders see the futileness of it and
commanded a retreat. Then, pouring in one deadly volley, we fled, with our ranks
...
University of Minnesota, 1900
Being without arms, and in an unknown country, my inconsequence, and
futileness lay heavy on my spirits. Here and there was a farm-house, but the
inhabitants were either closely housed orabsent from their homes. Afternoon,
arriving at the ...
Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, 1890
of eternal futileness and of eternal hate. When the first Norwegians near enough
to be called neighbors came, Canute rejoiced, and planned to escape from his
bosom vice. But he was not a social man by nature and had not the power of ...
... entered his office, and shutthe doorbehind him.He tooka quick lookinto the
mirror on thefar walland couldn't believe it.Itwasn't justalittle lipstick; it was an
orgy full. He laughed out loud at the futileness of his situation. He wasn't goingto
talkhis ...
... he realized the futileness of the gesture. Plutonium couldn't get his torn jeans
clean. “Great. You hurt its feelings.” She stepped back, away from the car. “What's
it doing now?” As they looked on, the car's windshield morphed into a screen.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUTILENESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
futileness is used in the context of the following news items.
Tales From The Borderlands Episode 3 Review - A Jack Of All …
... the choices become more difficult to select as the futileness becomes apparent and you realise that you're screwed eventually anyway. «Bleeding Cool News, Jun 15»
Funnyman Dylan Moran delights fans with new show
... Doran moved on to share anecdotes on anything and everything, from commuters to relationships and having a family to the futileness of life. «Scottish Daily Record, Mar 15»
Interpreting the world
It has a kind of futileness to it as well. I quite like that.'' A key exhibition last year was ''Light on the Dock'' at the City Gallery Wellington based ... «Otago Daily Times, Nov 14»
Milosh "Right Never Comes"
Smooth as anything off of Woman, the track has the singer/producer using a velvety but crestfallen cry to comment on the futileness of good ... «Exclaim!, Sep 14»
Merits and Demerits of Speech
... are the seven merits of good speech. Harshness, slander, falseness, vulgarity, futileness and arrogance these six are the demerits of speech. «SpeakingTree, Aug 13»
Raina fills gap in his IPL resumé
It was remarkable in its futileness. It was test where SL scored 642/4 with 3 hundreds and india 700 with almost 3 centuries! A boring draw, the ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, May 13»
I'm A Celebrity 2012: Helen Flanagan's losing inches as quickly as …
However, a mixture of ineptitude, fear and general futileness has prevented the Coronation Street actress from from picking up many stars ... «Daily Mail, Nov 12»
Are you still having sex with your ex?
Emotional bonding is usually absent in these cases and the futileness of continuing the relationship is realized sooner or later. But the ... «The New Age Online, Sep 11»
ULFA and Secrets of Politics
With ULFA gaining extreme support by the public during AGP's first reign and the people slowly realizing the futileness of an immature ... «Times of Assam, Feb 11»
Six Steps to Everyday Activism
"People often say they feel like just a 'drop in the bucket,'" Lappé says, "with the sense of futileness that the idea conveys. But it's probably more ... «Huffington Post, Sep 06»
