10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCONSEQUENTNESS»
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inconsequentness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Post-colonial theory and English literature: a reader
But the fact is that the inconsequentness of these songs, as I have taken them
down from the lips of the peasantry, ... but to my mind nothing about it is so
noticeable as its inconsequentness, if I may use such a word - a peculiarity which
, as far ...
2
Anomalous states: Irish writing and the post-colonial moment
But the fact is that the inconsequentness of these songs, as I have taken them
down from the lips of the peasantry, is startling. Many adjectives have been
applied by many writers to the Gaelic genius, but to my mind nothing about it is so
...
3
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
(L.) Kersey has ' inconseouency, ed. 1715 ; Bailey has inconsequentness, vol. ii.
ed. 1731. — Lat. inconsequent-, stem of inconsequent, inconsequent. See In- (3)
and Consequent. Der. inconsequent-ly, -ness ; incon- itijvence, incmsequenc-y ...
But it is the weakest of arguments to say, with Fes- tus, for want of argument, "
Much learning doth make thee mad." There is always weakness in madness, but
there is little sign of this in Swift's works. There is always some inconsequentness
...
... INCONSEQUENTIALLY INCONSEQUENTIALNESS
INCONSEQUENTIALNESSES INCONSEQUENTLY INCONSEQUENTNESS
INCONSEQUENTNESSES INCONSIDERABLE INCONSIDERABLENESS
INCONSIDERABLENESSES ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood, 2013
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Irish Times: Temporalities of Modernity
... but to my mind nothing about it is so noticeable as its inconsequentness, if I
may use such a word — a peculiarity which, as far as I know, no one has yet
noticed. The thought of the Irish peasant takes the most surprising and capricious
leaps.
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An Other Tongue: Nation and Ethnicity in the Linguistic ...
But even this characteristic of Gaelic thought is insufficient to account for the
perfectly extraordinary inconsequentness and abruptness of the folk-songs, as I
have found them, I imagine that the cause of this peculiarity is not to be ascribed
...
8
Mark Twain: The Contemporary Reviews
There is in his latest book, More Tramps Abroad, no falling off from that grotesque
and unexpected inconsequentness that in his earlier writings revealed a new
humour to the English speaking peoples; but about the book there is something ...
... emotionlessness; llessness, phlegmaticness; insensibility, insensitivity, Ik of
sympathy or compassion, callousness; stoical- ps, Stoicism, stoniness.
unimportance, immateriality, irrelevance; insignif- Ince, inconsequence,
inconsequentness, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
In a long passage in his article in The Journal Hyde points out what he calls the "
inconsequentness " of these songs, how they break off unexpectedly, how the
highest sentiment will be cheek by jowl with the lowest bathos, how it is seldom ...
