Regarding their inexpedience and ugliness, such a word as the. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Their reasons to not impeach, ( "distraction, political inexpedience" etc.), are not legitimate reasons to NOT impeach. From Wordnik.com. [Time for Congress to Stand Up in Its Own Defense: Impeach Bush and Cheney Now!] Reference
Regan helped himself with the quip, "I'm not going to exploit for political purposes my opponents youth and inexpedience.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2007] Reference
The 'King of the Mountains' was convinced by the scene that had just taken place of the inexpedience of retaining the prisoners alive. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Telemachus] Reference
Second plea, to wit, of the inexpedience or inconvenience of the said ceremonies in the divine worship: to which I answer these two things. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV.] Reference
He wanted to take Dora at once to the menagerie, but I represented the inexpedience of their taking her about with them to the horse - fair afterwards, and made Eustace perceive that it would not do for. From Wordnik.com. [My Young Alcides] Reference
By our yielding or giving place to them, we make the established laws, in which these men can neither prove injustice nor inexpedience, submit to them, who, in duty, reason, and conscience, ought to obey and submit to those laws. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV.] Reference
But since these men have, by so many other instances, manifested to the world that they look upon their own will as their law, they would do well hereafter to allege no other argument for the unlawfulness of our ceremonies; and therefore to pass to their second plea of inexpedience, or inconveniency of them; to which I shall give the two following answers. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII.] Reference
I was introduced to some of the Company, and during Dinner an Argument arose between one of the Gentlemen present, and the Judge, respecting Slaves; the Judge wished that there was an immediate addition of One hundred Thousand Slaves to the State; I soon became a Party and we had a good deal of conversation on the subject I principally endeavour'd to shew the political inexpedience. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Tour to North Carolina by William Attmore, 1787] Reference
‘Well, it is an old and worn argument — that about the inexpedience of tragedy — and much may be said on both sides. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand of Ethelberta] Reference
2dly, By our yielding or giving place to them, we make the established laws (in which these men can neither prove injustice nor inexpedience) submit to them, who in duty, reason, and conscience, are bound to obey those laws. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII.] Reference
1st, That inexpedience being a word of a general, indefinite sense, and so determinable by the several fancies, humours, apprehensions, and interests of men about the same thing, so that what is judged expedient by one man is thought inexpedient by another; the judgment of the expediency or inexpediency of matters formed into laws ought in all reason to rest wholly in the legislators and governors, and consequently no private persons ought to be looked upon as competent judges of the inexpediency of that which the legislative power has once enacted and established as expedient. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII.] Reference
I have now, however, determined to solicit its well-merited consideration, in the hope, privately, if possible, to prove the comparative inexpedience of an expenditure of some 12,000,000l. or 20,000,000l. sterling for the construction of forts and harbours, instead of applying ample funds at once to remodel and renovate the navy -- professionally known to be susceptible of immense improvement -- including the removal from its swollen bulk of much that is cumbrous and prejudicial. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II] Reference
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