The hour of my irresolution is past, and the period of your power is arrived. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But behind his irresolution is his hatred of bloodshed: he could whip out his sword and on a sudden kill Polonius, mistaking him for the king (Herbert), but he could not, in cold blood, make up his mind to kill and proceed to execution. ❋ Harris, Frank, 1855-1931 (1909)
She urged the conspirators to do their work, and chided in the strongest terms their irresolution and pusillanimity. ❋ Jacob Abbott (1841)
The second cause appears to have been, the uncertainty of our merchants where to send the goods, and who to trust, as the fear of the extension of French power took away confidence, and produced a sort of irresolution, which is always hurtful to business. ❋ William Playfair (1791)
On this text, so often quoted in support of the orthodox "irresolution" theory, I will content myself at present with the remark, thats surely no one before or after Hamlet ever accounted for his non-performance of ❋ Various (N/A)
It was quite unnecessary to prepare me against any kind of irresolution of his. ❋ Helen [Editor] Clergue (N/A)
And then the word "irresolution" leaps forth, and all is explained. ❋ Various (N/A)
But in all this there is no difference between a physicist, a historian, and a philosopher; and again, slowness, want of skill, and even helplessness are something totally different from the peculiar kind of irresolution that Hamlet shows. ❋ Unknown (1893)
There can, I think, be little doubt that Madame de Staël, who frequently insists on his "irresolution" (remember that she had been in Germany and heard the Weimar people talk), meant him for a sort of modern Hamlet in very different circumstances as well as times. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)
They wanted a nation free from second thoughts, liberated from any obligation to get along with others—free of the wind factory at the United Nations, the endless diplomatic negotiations, delays, and irresolution. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)
They came to a halt beyond the house, and, after much irresolution, sat down in the sand. ❋ Unknown (2010)
He had, as is necessary in his world of treachery and betrayal, his ear to the ground, his scent for the irresolution of the Obama administration. ❋ Fouad Ajami (2010)
For those in Category B, irresolution means that the outlook is cloudy by definition. ❋ Michael Brenner (2011)
And veteran Observer readers, perhaps, may be forgiven for wondering what the Orwell of Homage to Catalonia would have said today as he surveyed such a panoply of irresolution. ❋ Unknown (2011)
But somewhere between the paralysis of freedom-induced fear and the chains of rational determinism, I'm finding rest in the still point of irresolution. ❋ Tamsin Smith (2011)
Once with this concept of action clear in his brain, without timidities of hesitation and irresolution, he trotted aft down the long hall. ❋ Unknown (2010)
