10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRECIPITOUSNESS»
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precipitousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
precipitousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
2.2. Game. Characterization. of. Precipitousness. Let I be a proper countably
complete ideal on a set Z. Consider the following game: Players W and B
alternate playing subsets: W0⊇B0⊇W1⊇B1··· of Z that form a decreasing
sequence of ...
Matthew Foreman, Akihiro Kanamori, 2009
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Ancient Chinese Warfare
From this perspective (the state's jewel) is Virtue, not the precipitousness of its
defiles. If you do not cultivate Virtue all the men in the boat will comprise an
enemy state. Another version of this event, recorded in the Chan-kuo Ts'e (
Intrigues of ...
Ralph D. Sawyer, Mei-chün Sawyer, 2011
James would have assured him that "the element of precipitousness" — of "
strength and strenuousness, intensity and danger" — is what gives life its "moral
style." The Harvard philosopher who had always prided himself on being "a so-
called ...
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Webster's Secondary-school Dictionary: Abridged from ...
PRATIQUE. 536. PRECIPITOUSNESS. prat'ique (prStTk ; F. pra'tek'i, n. [F., prop.,
practice.] Commerce. Permission to hold intercourse given to a ship that has
satisfied health regulations. prat'Ue (praV'l), v. i. dc t. ; -tlkd (-'Id) ; -tlino (-Ung).
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The Lime Works: A Novel
He would rather not know how many extraordinary products of the human
intellect had been lost by precipitousness, how many by procrastination, how
many extraordinary lives had been destroyed by such precipitousness or
procrastination in ...
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Cavell, Companionship, and Christian Theology
... “when I love her not / Chaos is come again”); the precipitousness of Othello's
loss of faith like the precipitousness of the skeptic's fall from doubting one simple
object to world-denying despair; the demand for “ocular proof” (the handkerchief),
...
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Holding the Center: In Defense of Political Trimming
I have left suspended the question of why Vere should have decided, against the
advice of his subordinate officers and with such precipitousness, to sentence Billy
to death. The sentence is effectively delivered a moment after Billy strikes ...
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The Tragedie of Coriolanus
W. A. Weight: Precipitousness, the space through which anything is precipitated.
— Case (Arden Sh.): Not apparently as Schmidt (Lex.) explains it, 'the throwing or
being thrown headlong,' but the precipitousness, the precipice. The whole ...
William Shakespeare, 2001
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The Elements of Picturesque Scenery: Or Studies of Nature ...
Ruggedness and precipitousness, or steepness of the slopes, may doubtless
exercise a considerable influence in rendering an eminence that kind of natural
object which is generally implied by the denomination of mountain ; and this the ...
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Lectures on Anthropology
This carelessness is either thoughtlessness” or precipitousness.” Thoughtless—
ness is when carelessness manifests itself in regard to the decision and
deliberation of the understanding. Precipitousness, however, is when one does
not even ...
Immanuel Kant, Allen W. Wood, Robert B. Louden, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRECIPITOUSNESS»
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precipitousness is used in the context of the following news items.
Sun-Times needs more sunshine on recent troubling story
But the apparent precipitousness of the decision — the glowing Rauner endorsement was posted online a little more than seven hours after the ... «Chicago Tribune, Oct 14»
Gaza 'fractured' Rabbi Rosen's spiritual home
... Brant himself may have been surprised at the precipitousness of his ... but you never know, you may be “surprised at the precipitousness of ... «Mondoweiss, Sep 14»
Can a whirlwind romance ever lead to long-lasting love?
... having taken 11 years to be persuaded that, actually, I couldn't do any better - I thought I wouldn't approve of such heady precipitousness. «Irish Independent, Jul 14»
Cheryl Cole: can whirlwind romance ever lead to love less stormy?
... type, who took 11 years to be persuaded that actually I couldn't do any better, I thought I wouldn't approve of such heady precipitousness. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
A Russian choreographer's dream
... a repertory based on the traditions of Russian art" with the fundamental features of emotional generousness, precipitousness, humanism and ... «RBTH Asia, Nov 13»
Mt. Huashan Tourism Promotion Campaign Held in Beijing
... scenic photos of Mt. Huashan, through which the visitors could gain a real sense of the sheer precipitousness of its cliffs and its ruggedness, ... «PR Newswire, Aug 13»
£229286: the price of a Tube stop for property in London
... the higher the property prices. But recent research by Wetherell, a Mayfair estate agency, highlights the precipitousness of the “price cliffs”. «Financial Times, Jul 13»
Exuberant Beethoven from Jumppanen and Cerovsek
The players' unflappable, unremitting virtuosity amplified Beethoven's precipitousness — flurries of notes suddenly, exponentially proliferating ... «Boston Globe, Jan 13»
Ronde PDX: Mind over misery on a grind through Portland's West Hills
The ride's other hurt locker is College Street, an evil squirt of precipitousness where riders pray they will meet a car coming down the single ... «OregonLive.com, Apr 12»
America's New Military Culture
... exertion, hardihood, risk, sharpness, precipitousness, contempt for life (whether one’s own or another’s), conscription, the blood tax, ... «Boston Globe, Sep 11»
