insensate
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Insensate folly and madness to entertain even a shadow of hope!
From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules
Lo! this my lord, By whom wealth, honour, power, are freely given An offering to the Brâhman—see, he lies Insensate on the ground.
From Mârkandeya Purâna, Books VII. VIII by Wortham, B. Hale
This saw his hapless foes, but stood obdured, And to rebellious fight rallied their Powers, Insensate, hope conceiving from despair.
From Paradise Lost by Milton, John
To-morrow, warning none with tempest-showers, He is the vast Insensate who devours His golden promise over leagues of seed, Then sits in a smooth lake upon the deed.
From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George
“Oh, very well,” said the other; “your costume isn’t described; you simply come amid a host of others as ‘Mr. Cornelian Valpy, resplendent as the Emperor Nero; with him Miss Kate Lerra, typifying Insensate Vanity.’
From When William Came by Saki
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