Definition of Impassibilities

1. impassibility [n] - See also: impassibility

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impassibilities

impartialness
impartibility
impartible
impartibly
imparting
impartment
impartments
imparts

Literary usage of Impassibilities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of Poetics, for Students of English Verse by Francis Barton Gummere (1913)
"Here belongs the famous dictum: prefer probable impassibilities to improbable- possibilities. The impossible is permitted if it harmonizes with the action. ..."

2. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1838)
"... and impassibilities of Vosges Mountains, confine it to French Alsace, keep it from submerging the very heart of the country ! ..."

3. Contributions to the Edinburgh Review by Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey (1846)
"Impossibilities have been required of him ; not in themselves impassibilities, but such for him. He winds, and turns, and torments himself; he advances and ..."

4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1826)
"LCJ That excuse will act do here ; if you shew they are taken from you we cannot expect impassibilities. Serj. Darnell. There has been an application to ..."

5. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1809)
"... the heat was increased or diminished; but the chief merit consisted in having surmounted the many difficulties, and almost impassibilities, iu erecting ..."

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