not to the purpose
Example Sentences
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That these things would be abundantly safe in the cave, for any length of time, was not to the purpose; the essential matter was that we would be deprived of them.
From The Aztec Treasure-House by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
Good or wicked, drunk or sober, it is not to the purpose, my good woman.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Eugène Sue
That's not to the purpose," said Horse Shoe; "I axed you a civil question, and maybe, that's more than you have a right to.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
But that is not to the purpose; what I am about to speak of happened in this wise.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Charles James Lever
I'll put another question to thee: if thou answerest me not to the purpose, confess thyself——13 2nd Clo.
From Hamlet by Charles John Kean
