"Unneeded" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... seem as though the services of Polly's protectors were not wholly unneeded. As she emerged from the door and the gallants closed round her there was a sudden movement in the mob, a fellow forced his way through, hurling curses at anyone who tried to stop him. Apparently his object was to get to a man standing close to the bodyguard. Anyway, when the ...
— Madame Flirt - A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' • Charles E. Pearce
... for above would, then, be a not unneeded work. It is only from them collectively that the role of the imagination in the sciences could be completely shown, and we might by abstraction separate out the characters common to all varieties—the essential marks of ...
— Essay on the Creative Imagination • Th. Ribot
... his cause was lost. He had gone rather white about the lips as he listened to Lesley's protest. Of course, he had offended her by his abominable want of tact, he told himself—his intrusive proffer of unneeded sympathy and help. But it was not in his nature to acknowledge himself beaten, and to take his leave without a word. His ardor impelled ...
— Brooke's Daughter - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant
... life requires qualities which may be lacking in many individuals born and raised in the country. In so far as the cityward drift is composed of such individuals, it may be a helpful movement, since individuals unsuited to rural life may find themselves adapted to some type of urban life. When unneeded and unhelpful individuals are removed from the country, the rural population may be more efficient and more prosperous, even though relatively ...
— Problems in American Democracy • Thames Ross Williamson
... fastidious one—her dress, her bonnet, her shawl, were hastily thrown on, her watch secured with the few jewels lying upon the night-table; the rest of her valuables were with other boxes in the hold, the repository of all unneeded baggage, and these, of course, she could scarcely hope to save in case of fire, even ...
— Miriam Monfort - A Novel • Catherine A. Warfield |
