Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperfectnesses
Literary usage of Imperfectnesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentle Reader by Samuel McChord Crothers (1903)
"Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing
variety of imperfectnesses. We are surprised at our own versatility in ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1864)
"It has none of the daring originalities and imperfectnesses from which one can
predict actual genius; no precocity of passion, no remarkable creative power. ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1845)
"I beseech my friend, the reader of this treatise, to forgive its imperfectnesses.
I have not set down a thousandth part of the emotions which agitate me. ..."
4. The Pardoner's Wallet by Samuel McChord Crothers (1912)
"I rebel against those censors of manners and morals who treat all human
imperfectnesses with equal rigor. To relax even for an instant the righteous frown ..."
5. Three Counsels of the Divine Master for the Conduct of the Spiritual Life by Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1888)
"ing intently to us, scrutinising our hearts, understanding at a glance what our
real wish is under all the imperfectnesses of our expression, ..."
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