inapproachable

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Coleridge was aware that Voltaire, in common with every Frenchman until the present generation, held it as a point of faith that the French drama was inapproachable in excellence.

From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)

If you hear that he is bold and fearless, that is true; and if you are told that he is shy and wary and inapproachable, that is also true.

From Wilderness Ways by Copeland, Charles

Had he the swiftness of the lion or tiger, his haunts would be inapproachable by man, and he would be a far more terrible assailant than either.

From Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography by Johnson, Clark, M.D.

The inapproachable excellence of Christ's character places it high above all human praise.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

Is it not strange," said Oswald, after a short pause, "what inapproachable beings some of us children of Adam are?

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich