doubtful advantage

Example Sentences

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To the illustrator this aid is often a doubtful advantage.

From The Art of Illustration 2nd ed. by Blackburn, Henry

There below and behind Him were the caves and rude dwellings of the outlaws and fugitives from justice who had sought the doubtful advantage of security from the laws of man.

From Mystic Christianity by Atkinson, William Walker

“I understood,” exclaimed de Spain, following his doubtful advantage, “you lived out this way.”

From Nan of Music Mountain by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

In Carlyle's case long life was a doubtful advantage, and in the matter of smoking he did not practice what he preached.

From Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life by Reade, Alfred Arthur

The very doubtful advantage gained by the action was purchased at the heavy loss of 75 killed, including several valuable officers, and 195 wounded, while the French and Russians together lost still more.

From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles