harmless

• To be harmless is the most deadly enemy to social salvation. —  The Green Carnation
• I'm proud to say that my dragon is harmless--unless his steering-gear breaks--and he was manufactured at the famous dragon-factory in this City of Thi. —  The Lost Princess of Oz
• During dinner the two friends arrived at the conclusion that people generally would look upon the affair as a harmless, or even humorous, escapade; and that the Court, seeing that the thing was done, would allow the young people to go their way, with a suitable admonition This was not quite what happened, however. —  The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols
• But he was harmless, and was to be seen wandering about the hospital as though in search of some one, and daily he grew more thin and suffering This story is told in the hope that Americans will appreciate the safety and freedom in which they live and that they will help others to gain that freedom APPENDIX C THE STORY OF DANIEL MELSA Another example of Nature aping Art is afforded by the romantic story of Daniel Melsa, a young Russo-Jewish violinist who has carried audiences by storm in Berlin, Paris and London, and who had arranged to go to America last November. —  The Melting-Pot
• She renounced all common life except the childlike, harmless, animal-like one of mutual material wants, and this renunciation brought her already a peace which, though barren, was infinitely calming after her former struggling uncertainties. —  The Squirrel-Cage

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