10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPREGNABILITY»
Discover the use of
impregnability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
impregnability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Journal of the Society of Arts
The mere fact of the impregnability of Gibraltar as a Fortress, if it be impregnable (
which from a combined sea and land attack is far from the case) is a matter of
little real consequence to this country, the question which has to be decided is—
...
2
Journal of the Royal Society of Arts
The mere fact of the impregnability of Gibraltar as a Fortress, if it be impregnable (
which from a combined sea and land attack is far from the case) is a matter of
little real consequence to this country, the question which has to be decided is ...
3
The Law and Economics of Cybersecurity
the use functionality it makes possible for its owner, then survivability is more
important than impregnability. What is valuable to the user is that the asset
continue to be usable by the user, even under attack, not that it be untouched by
another.
Mark F. Grady, Francesco Parisi, 2006
4
The fleet of the future: iron or wood?: A reply to some ...
to be satisfied, short of a theoretical absolute impregnability for our ship ? Or shall
we be content with such reasonable and moderate impregnability as will bring
back the sailors' risk to something like that of an old sea-fight ? In making this ...
5
Conserving the Enlightenment: French Military Engineering ...
was no longer wise or healthy to argue against impregnability in a Republic
where all citizens were expected to be heroes. Impregnability was now possible
in new conditions, admitted d'Arcon, because armies were motivated by the
moral ...
6
The Big Walls: From the North Face of the Eiger to the South ...
The. Notion. of. Impregnability. The North Face of the Liskamm (left) and the
Matterhorn in the Vatais Alps. 'The highest and most beautiful wall in the whole of
. It is the Big Walls that provide the best canvas for the portrayal of
mountaineering ...
7
Robbing the Mother: Women in Faulkner
In many ways it appears that Narcissa has been defined by her body. She has an
air of "serene and stupid impregnability" (110) and lives "a life of serene
vegetation like perpetual corn or wheat in a sheltered garden instead of a field" (
11 1).
As Professor Toynbee remarks, all the peculiarities of modern Abyssinia 'derive
from the same cause: that is, from the virtual impregnability of the highland-
fastness in which this Monophysite fossil is ensconced'.l It was this impregnability
of ...
J. Spencer Trimingham, 2013
9
The Military Cabinet: Being a Collection of Extracts from ...
IMPREGNABILITY. It has been asserted, that there is no place in the world
impregnable. This assertion is per- x haps ill-founded. Konigstein, in Saxony,
may be an instance to the contrary ; a place situated. • Ossian's Poems, v, i. p 81,
82. t ...
Thomas Hammont Cooper, 1809
10
Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century
But it does not seem to have been associated with a qasr (fortress), or with one
as famous for its strength and impregnability as that of Arabian Duma. "Qasr
Duma" in Hassan, therefore, is probably Arabian Duma; indeed the phrase "Qasr
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPREGNABILITY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
impregnability is used in the context of the following news items.
Five things Australia must do better in the second Test at Lord's
... and the withdrawal of Brad Haddin at Lord's - there doesn't seem to be the same aura of impregnability beaming off this Australian squad. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Thin & grim
... been with the best of intentions but they certainly contributed to the false sense of security about the impregnability of Fortress Singapore. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
Austin Stowell: TV's Latest Heartthrob
He has the foolish delusions of impregnability only afforded to the young, delusions that are only magnified by the fact that he's in a position of ... «WWD, Jul 15»
Tall, dark, handsome and unstoppable. No wonder the British just …
... was to see tennis perfection: the line-hugging precision of his returns, the impossible angles of his serves, the impregnability of his defence. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Written By Mark Brown Posted: 07/08/2015, 04:55pm
... Laborers pension funds are relying heavily on that ruling that upheld the impregnability of the Illinois' Constitution's pension protection clause ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
The Spectator at war: A war within a war
... fortified walls of Heligoland, the ancient Roman Capitol, or any other famous fortified place of which the very name stands for impregnability. «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
Armen Apikyan: Armenian air force has enough equipment to …
“Yet the equipment in our arsenal is enough to give a fitting rebuff to the enemy and ensure the impregnability of our airspace,” he said. Source: ... «Panorama.am, Jul 15»
West Indies still seeking the fast track to success
... Griffith followed, before the numerically formidable attack, initially assembled by Clive Lloyd, arrived to underpin 15 years of impregnability. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
Frank McNally: Confection insurrection
And it was in this sense she made mention of the initial impregnability of one famous department store, and the angst this caused would-be ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Rafael Nadal begins his Wimbledon 2015 campagin in style with …
... then injury and poor form have sapped the confidence that once gave Nadal a veneer of impregnability even before a ball had been struck. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
