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It is well for us that they will now be forced to be inactive.
THE CAT OF BUBASTESG. A. HENTY
The papacy was not inactive in presence of all these efforts.
HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, VOLUME VJ. H. MERLE D'AUBIGNÉ
He liked simplicity, and moreover he felt the need of exercise now that his work kept him inactive most of the time.
CHILDREN OF THE DESERTLOUIS DODGE
Ten hours to wait—ten hours to be passive, inactive—to be doing nothing!
GABRIEL CONROYBERT HARTE
Five thousand men of the Eleventh Corps, who were eager to retrieve their misfortune, were also inactive.
THE CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE CAMERAHENRY W. (HENRY WILLIAM) ELSON
From where we lay, inactive and idle, the steady roll of the musketry was grand and exciting.
HISTORY OF KERSHAW'S BRIGADED. AUGUSTUS DICKERT
This inactive position he has kept as long as public sentiment permitted.
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WALTER H. PAGE, VOLUME IIBURTON J. HENDRICK
The inactive proprietor offers his merchandise for sale; the actual smuggler risks his liberty, his honor, and his life.
WHAT IS PROPERTY?P. J. PROUDHON
In the following year the Romans were inactive, but in the year afterward Germanicus led a fresh invasion.
THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS, VOL. 2VARIOUS
In January 1863 he began to assemble his troops to attack Vicksburg, but high water kept him inactive till the following April.
LIBRARY OF THE WORLD'S BEST LITERATURE, ANCIENT AND MODERN, VOL. 16VARIOUS

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