He was like one of those
unreasoning but still highly useful, multum in parvo, Sheffield contrivances, assuming the exterior -- though a little swelled --of a common pocket knife; but containing, not only blades of various sizes, but also screw-drivers, cork-screws, tweezers, awls, pens, rulers, nail-filers, counter-sinkers.
As usual, the fickle,
unreasoning world took Muff Potter to its bosom and fondled him as lavishly as it had abused him before.
Two incidents united to intensify the old
unreasoning abhorrence-- granted in a previous place to be
unreasoning, because the people always are
unreasoning, and invaRiahly make a point of producing all their smoke without fire.
With the usual hastiness and
unreasoning jealousy of her Sex, she flew at once to the conclusion that a Woman had entered the house through some small aperture.
But once more it was the same boundary line overgrown with wormwood, once more the same wormwood desperately tossed by the wind and carrying
unreasoning terror to his heart.
"Well, because it is so powerful, and reliable, and
unreasoning. Well, I didn't mean that last, you know, but--but--you know what I mean.
My hair was bristling, and I was convulsed with a fierce,
unreasoning rage.
Her eyes were darting flames of
unreasoning rage and her frame trembled with eagerness for a fight.
I could take a human life, if necessary, with far less compunction than that of a poor,
unreasoning, irresponsible brute.
I could see that the whole thing was a vain and
unreasoning pursuit; and what, at the first glance, seemed to me the ugliest feature in this mob of roulette players was their respect for their occupation--the seriousness, and even the humility, with which they stood around the gaming tables.
"However, if you command it, Your Majesty," said Kutuzov, lifting his head and again assuming his former tone of a dull,
unreasoning, but submissive general.
Now I never gave my coming interview with the Major a thought; I felt an
unreasoning confidence in myself, and a blind faith in him .
