This supineness would be readily explicable upon the hypothesis of the long premeditation of the massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day.
All day Tuesday, before the true nature of the affection was developed, prominent citizens were outraged and appalled by the supineness of their municipal phagocytes.
Despite the supineness of Washington, the American nation will soon be at war with Spain.
He witnessed the sufferings, the extortion, the injustice, the manifold cruelty, which the supineness of the legislature allowed to reign and riot there.
But the real cause of its protraction, though it may be hard to an American to admit the fact, lay in the incapacity of the American politicians, and, it must be added, in the supineness and want of patriotism of the American people.
He was hampered in his means, but he was assisted by what now seems the incredible supineness of the Netherlanders.
So much intellectual energy commands enthusiasm, while the supineness on the other side sometimes excites indignation.
Walpole promptly declares, that half the success of Wilkes was owing to the supineness of the ministers.
The result of Napoleon's activity and the supineness of his foes were soon apparent.
From the risk of being crushed by Napoleon, the Anglo-Dutch forces were saved by the vigilance of their leader and the supineness of the enemy.
Besides, there is another explanation for the supineness that is exhibited towards errors of this description.
It is needless to recapitulate the occasions on which either from over-caution or supineness he allowed great opportunities to slip, as notably on Long Island.
Disgusted at thesupineness of the Austrians, who were leaving the British and Dutch to their fate, the English government insisted that Coburg should be superseded.
If, again, I may appear presumptuous in dictating the duties which devolve upon her Prince, I am prompted to it by the supineness which he has as yet evinced in promoting the desire for civilisation.
But, where vigorous and instantaneous action was requisite, he exhibited only supineness and delay.
Many clergymen, as well as lay magistrates, had exhibited a singular supineness in the detection and punishment of the reformed.
The incredible supineness of Antoine of Navarre prevented the States from demanding with much decision that the regency should be entrusted in the hands of him to whom it belonged of right.
Parliament was ordered to bring the culprits to justice; but, strange to say, none could be discovered--a circumstance certainly attributable rather to the supineness of the judges than to any lack of witnesses.
What could be the reason of this supineness on the part of Sir William Howe?
Or will their supinenesssuffer ignorance and the arts of self-interested and designing, disaffected and desperate characters, to involve this great country in wretchedness and contempt?
The condition of this class, she feels, appeals loudly for a remedy to respectable and intelligent colored citizens; and whilst not discouraged, she is often quite saddened at the supineness of the better class.
During the remainder of the year, though there was scarcely a day which his lordship did not employ in endeavours to improve the natural supineness of his situation, very little occurred that calls for particular notice.
By the supineness of the Emperor these proceedings were allowed to pass unchecked, a fact which added to the contempt felt for the Greeks by their former subjects.
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