doubtful advantage
Example Sentences
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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 William Walker Atkinson
It has the doubtful advantage of being able to explain illusions equally well if they are actually reversed from what they are.
From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Matthew Luckiesh
The question then was, should he risk the almost certain decisive victory over the organized enemy's force ashore, for the sake of a much more doubtful advantage over the organized force afloat?
From The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
To gain a battle, unless a final one, was, with a force so small as his, a matter of very doubtful advantage.
From The Life of Francis Marion by William Gilmore Simms
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 Alfred Arthur Reade
