insignificancy

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Give her a true conception of the vanity, folly, and insignificancy of all human things; and strengthen her so as to beget in her a sincere love of Thee in the midst of her sufferings. 

From The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces by Swift, Jonathan

Placed out of the reach of attack, both by remoteness and insignificancy, our only dread lay lest those supplies intended for our consumption should be captured.

From A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Tench, Watkin

The towers and western front were in a cold, gray tint: the houses, of inferior dimensions, were shrunk to insignificancy.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

When, by them, Administration is convinced of its insignificancy, they are soon to be convinced of their own. 

From Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. by Morley, Henry

The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John