10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNWEDGEABLE»
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unwedgeable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
unwedgeable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Strong, tough as the oak-root, and as gnarled and unwedgeable; no fibre of him
running straight with the other: a block for Destiny to beat on, for the world to gaze
at, with ineffectual wonder ! Really a most notable, questionable; hateable, ...
Strong, tough as the oak-root, and as gnarled and unwedgeable; no fibre of him
running straight with the other: a block for Destiny to beat on, for the world to gaze
at, with ineffectual wonder! Really a most notable, questionable; hateable, ...
Thomas Carlyle, Chris Vanden Bossche,
2002
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The London and Westminster Review
Strong, tough as the oak-root, and as gnarled and unwedgeable; no fibre of him
running straight with the other: a block for Destiny to beat on, for the world to gaze
at, with inefi'ectual wonder l Really a most notable, questionable; hateable, ...
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Critical and miscellaneous essays, collected and republ
It skilled not : he, being unwedgeable, has remained in antiquarian cabinets ; the
others, splitting-up so readily, are the ware you find on all market-stalls, much
prized (say, as brimstone Lucifers, ' %fo-bringers ' so called) by the generality.
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Perspectives on Politics in Shakespeare
Since the Duke is reluctant even to write off Barnardine, who looks about as "
unwedgeable and gnarled" as you can get — a man with a "gravel heart" —
Isabella's ultimate revelation about the just use of power must be especially
pronounced ...
John Albert Murley, Sean D. Sutton,
2006
6
Book of English epithets, literal and figurative: with ...
the towering oak expands The pines bow'd down, and the unbending oak Drag'd
crashing The unfading oak that crowns the shady steep. . thou, with thy sharp and
sulphurous bolt, Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak. Ever-during ...
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The Works of Thomas Carlyle
It skilled not : he, being unwedgeable, has remained in antiquarian cabinets ; the
others, splitting-up so readily, are the ware you find on all market-stalls, much
prized (say as brimstone Lucifers, ' light-bringers ' so-called) by the generality.
Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill,
2010
8
The Kabbalah of the Soul: The Transformative Psychology and ...
(2.3.114-17) But however progressively difficult the trials of the earlier stages may
have been, the trial at this penultimate stage must be the harshest, for it must
finally split "the unwedgeable and gnarled oak" of self-centeredness. It is this
most ...
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Merciful Judgments and Contemporary Society: Legal Problems, ...
Merciful Heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits the
unwedgeable and gnarled oak, Than the soft myrtle. But man, proud man, Dress'
d in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd – His glassy
essence ...
... native vigour, wind-storms and thirsty mould have made out among them ; grim
boughs dishevelled in multangular complexity, and of the stiffness of brass; a tree
crooked every way, unwedgeable and gnarled. What bandages or cordages of ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNWEDGEABLE»
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unwedgeable is used in the context of the following news items.
'Going to the Woods Is Going Home'
In tough, sturdy, unwedgeable strength this is the oak of oaks. In general appearance it resembles the great live-oak of the Southern states. It has pale gray dark, ... «The Atlantic, Apr 13»
Prime Minister, interrupted
Newly unwedgeable and utterly sick of losing, the party signed up to the Rudd package; centralised power, discipline, regular anti-union jabs, the works. «The Monthly, Aug 11»