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Here on the diverse streets of Toronto are the activist wolf-chieftans, the irresponsible spenders, and the self-appointed Santa Clauses of feel good, resultless, and a-logical rulership.

Archive 2007-01-01 2007

Our plans for intercepting the good man were well laid and successful, but turned out resultless.

The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

The spirit of intrigue with women, as to which men will flatter themselves, is customarily so vile, so mean, so vapid a reflection of a feeling, so aimless, resultless, and utterly unworthy!

He Knew He Was Right 2004

It occurred to me that possibly the pomegranate seeds might have germinated, and the plants become established and acclimatised, but search proved resultless.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

Germania Ford; but the resultless fighting dispirited and demoralized the people, while it only harassed and weakened the army.

Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon

Wearied at last of fruitless plans and resultless thoughts, she went out for a walk.

The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille

I might proceed to give a few illustrations of this resultless restlessness, this dissipation of the youthful forces, to which I have alluded; but there is one phase of my experience here which goes further to prove its prevalence and baneful effects than a thousand instances derived from my knowledge of boys in school or in the closer contact of private tuition.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Various

Besides the sketches of character which familiarize us with the aboriginal negro in Africa, there is a good moral in the resultless life, which, after all its toils, hazards, and successes leaves the adventurer a stranded wreck in the prime of manhood.

Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Theodore Canot

I tried to cheer him by reminding him we might yet find chances to enrich ourselves before returning home, but I could see he was troubled by the thought that the voyage he had accomplished with so much skill and daring might prove resultless in the accumulation of wealth.

Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century George Forbes

But it was already too late; and the resultless mission of Mr. Stephens to Fortress Monroe proved that the Washington

Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death T. C. DeLeon