These attacks were, however, unavailing to shake Crispis position, and in the general election of May 1895 his government obtained a majority of nearly 200 votes. [adjective]
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For some time all appeals to the king, to parliament, and to the courts of justice were unavailing; but on the 12th of February 1684 his application to Chief Justice Jeffreys was at last successful, and he was set at liberty on finding bail to the amount of X40,000, to appear in the House of Lords in the following session. [adjective]
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Of this he was quite aware, and wisely withheld rebuke, where rebuke and advice would have been equally unavailing. [adjective]
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He satisfied Edward, indeed, that his interference would be unavailing; but, besides, Colonel Talbot owned that he could not conscientiously use any influence in favour of that unfortunate gentleman. [adjective]
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The person whom you preferred to me has been long in a better world, where your unavailing regret cannot follow him, or, if it could, would only diminish his happiness. [adjective]
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This melancholy interview with his late sergeant forced many unavailing and painful reflections upon Waverley's mind. [adjective]
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But the crime is unavailing: labor and production increase; soon the proprietor will be forced to labor, and then property is lost. [adjective]
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They returned from thence to the Queen's pavilion to indulge in regrets and recriminations, equally unavailing. [adjective]
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