unresistible

Slawkenbergius, any thing — or rather what was what — and could perceive that the point of long noses had been too loosely handled by all who had gone before; — have I Slawkenbergius, felt a strong impulse, with a mighty and unresistible call within me, to gird up myself to this undertaking.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

Slawkenbergius, any thing — or rather what was what — and could perceive that the point of long noses had been too loosely handled by all who had gone before; — have I Slawkenbergius, felt a strong impulse, with a mighty and unresistible call within me, to gird up myself to this undertaking.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

If his gold now endanger us, he will then be unresistible.

The Discovery of Guiana. Paras. 1-49 1909

For whatsoever prince shall possess it, shall be greatest; and if the king of Spain enjoy it, he will become unresistible.

The Discovery of Guiana. Paras. 50-102 1909

The power of their testimony for truth and holiness, peace and freedom, enforced only by what Milton calls "the unresistible might of meekness," has been felt through two centuries in the amelioration of penal severities, the abolition of slavery, the reform of the erring, the relief of the poor and suffering, -- felt, in brief, in every step of human progress.

Narrative and Legendary Poems: Pennsylvania Pilgrim and Others From Volume I., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

He stood in that felon audience like Spenser's Una amidst the satyrs; unassailable and secure in the "unresistible might of meekness," and panoplied in that "noble grace which dashed brute violence with sudden adoration and mute awe."

Reform and Politics, Part 2, from Volume VII, The Works of Whittier: the Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life and Criticism John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

I have learned to appreciate what Milton calls the martyr's "unresistible might of meekness," -- the calm, uncomplaining endurance of those who can bear up against persecution uncheered by sympathy or applause, and, with a full and keen appreciation of the value of all which they are called to sacrifice, confront danger and death in unselfish devotion to duty.

Tales and Sketches Part 3, from Volume V., the Works of Whittier: Tales and Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

I have learned to appreciate what Milton calls the martyr's "unresistible might of meekness," -- the calm, uncomplaining endurance of those who can bear up against persecution uncheered by sympathy or applause, and, with a full and keen appreciation of the value of all which they are called to sacrifice, confront danger and death in unselfish devotion to duty.

Tales and Sketches, Complete Volume V., the Works of Whittier: Tales and Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

The power of their testimony for truth and holiness, peace and freedom, enforced only by what Milton calls "the unresistible might of meekness," has been felt through two centuries in the amelioration of penal severities, the abolition of slavery, the reform of the erring, the relief of the poor and suffering, -- felt, in brief, in every step of human progress.

Narrative and Legendary Poems, Complete Volume I., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

He stood in that felon audience like Spenser's Una amidst the satyrs; unassailable and secure in the "unresistible might of meekness," and panoplied in that "noble grace which dashed brute violence with sudden adoration and mute awe."

The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849