insipid

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Briefly, 'tis an Insipid Bawling piece of Foolery, from One end to the Other.

From Citt and Bumpkin (1680) by L'Estrange, Sir Roger

Insipid books do no one any good, but few readers of whatever age they may be will fail to enjoy and be the better for M�zli.

From Maezli A Story of the Swiss Valleys by Stork, Elisabeth P. (Elisabeth Pausinger)

Insipid milk, and lead-coloured butter, from equisetum fluviatile.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Away, too fearful reason, haste, be gone, Those frozen poets, whom thy phantoms guide, Languish, and often feebly slide, Down to the lowest ebb of wretchless song, Insipid notes, and lifeless numbers sing.

From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert

Insipid are the weekly themes Of ——'s imbecile review, Whose page with adulation teems, And makes me "beautifully blue."

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 548, May 26, 1832 by Various