The hour of my irresolution is past, and the period of your power is arrived. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 20] Reference
She urged the conspirators to do their work, and chided in the strongest terms their irresolution and pusillanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Nero Makers of History Series] Reference
And then the word "irresolution" leaps forth, and all is explained. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
It was quite unnecessary to prepare me against any kind of irresolution of his. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
But when he had left her, irresolution swept over him. From Wordnik.com. [Browning's Heroines] Reference
And so the weary tale of irresolution and weakness went on. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
Again there were divided counsels and pitiful irresolution. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
The boys 'coming caused a moment's irresolution in the crowd. From Wordnik.com. [Injun and Whitey to the Rescue] Reference
It was a most eloquent denunciation of impotence and irresolution. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference
"Listen to me now," continued the doctor, observing his irresolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Redemption of David Corson] Reference
We have two studies of such a state of irresolution, in Macbeth and Brutus. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
Kenny sat down, conscious of a tired irresolution in his head and a numbness. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
We have already remarked that such forms of irresolution constituted a martyrdom. From Wordnik.com. [Poise: How to Attain It] Reference
I was roused now, at last, from all irresolution by the very sight of her suffering. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
He suppressed an oath, and stood with clenched hands, waiting in helpless irresolution. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
Mind here has reference to the regulation of the will and its reverse, viz., irresolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Perhaps your irresolution has caused a want of confidence in the strength of your affection. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
Unhappily, the irresolution into which he now fell led to the loss of a capital opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
There has been thus far no hesitation or irresolution among the people in the conduct of the war. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
She read there grudging admiration, arrested ardor, irresolution, dubiety, and secret calculation. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
Her irresolution was but momentary, for the momentous consequences at stake gave her a fictitious courage. From Wordnik.com. [Stories and Sketches] Reference
This temporary irresolution soon gave way to the impulse of affection, and he hastily entered the chamber. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
Ryder had an odd impression of her irresolution before, with strange eagerness, he swept her into the music. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
But he showed slackness and irresolution in the pursuit, and failed to reap the full results of his victory. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
His face, which had been contained, impassive, now betrayed in the slightest degree an expression of irresolution. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
Perhaps the intrusion of a pair of blue eyes into the midst of my cogitations had much to do with my irresolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
Christopher turned round: there was an odd look of irresolution in his eyes as he said: "Eh? eh? what time is it?". From Wordnik.com. [Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 2] Reference
There was a reasonableness in this presentation of the case which impressed Thomas as his air of irresolution showed. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
He thought himself obliged to acknowledge these marks of zeal by thanks, and to justify the irresolution of his conduct. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Dr. Lively sighed, took his hat and went out, while Mrs. Lively, after some moments of irresolution, set about getting dinner. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873] Reference
There was a moment of irresolution, but only one, ere the deluded girl yielded everything to the object of her insane devotion. From Wordnik.com. [Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense] Reference
Then he sent letters betraying so much discouragement and irresolution that one wonders he was not promptly relieved of his command. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
And as she stood, looking at me with irresolution, I stretched my hands towards her, absolutely senseless, and not knowing what I did. From Wordnik.com. [The Substance of a Dream] Reference
I was also aware that, even before the commencement of the war between Prussia and France, your irresolution and timidity had increased. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
Wave contact ceased before he had time to finish the sentence, and I was left standing before the instrument in a state of irresolution. From Wordnik.com. [Zarlah the Martian] Reference
When he draws his sword he must throw the scabbard away, lest in a moment of discouragement and irresolution he be tempted to sheath it. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
Still we agree with Conway as to his estimate of the great mass of cowardice, irresolution, and folly which react on our administration. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
But "war legislates," and the time had now come when nothing else could break the spell of irresolution and blindness which threatened the. From Wordnik.com. [Political Recollections 1840 to 1872] Reference
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