triflingness

But omitting the triflingness of the dream, we are searching after the chorographical concern: and if there be any truth in the words of R. Judah, that there was a city Orbo by name near Beth-shean, we find the situation of the brook Cherith, -- or, at least, where he thought it ran.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

But the _Sdrucciola_ he hath not: where English hath all three, as _Due_, _True_, _Father_, _Rather_, _Motion_, _Potion_ with much more which might be said, but that I find already, the triflingness of this discourse is much too much enlarged.

English literary criticism Various

Where the English hath all three, as due: true, father: rather, motion: potion; with much more which might be said, but that already I find the triflingness of this discourse is much too much enlarged.

The Defense of Poesy 1909

He was, with his usual triflingness, not killed at the first fire, although he appears to be dead.

"George Washington's" Last Duel 1891 Thomas Nelson Page 1887

Where there exists reverential love, there the name of the beloved will not be desecrated by triflingness and frivolous sport.

Christian Ethics. Volume II.���Pure Ethics. 1819-1870 1873

I scarcely know what to say: on the one hand, there is a triflingness, a shewman's or relique-hawker's gossip that stands in offensive contrast with the momentous nature of the subject, and the dignity of the ministerial office; as if a preacher having chosen the

The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Henry Nelson Coleridge 1820

I have not existed to past seventy-three without having discovered the futility and triflingness of my own talents: and, at the same time, it would be impertinent to pretend to think that there is no merit in the execution of a tragedy, on which I have been so much flattered; though I am sincere in condemning the egregious absurdity of selecting a subject so improper for the stage, and even offensive to private readers.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757