"Unfavourable" Quotes from Famous Books
... impression which the visitor to this settlement receives is not favourable. The whole country between Fremantle and Perth, a distance of ten miles, is composed of granitic sand, with which is mixed a small proportion of vegetable mould. This unfavourable description of soil is covered with a coarse scrub, and an immense forest of banksia trees, red gums, and several varieties of the eucalyptus. The banksia is a paltry tree, about the size of an apple-tree ... — The Bushman - Life in a New Country • Edward Wilson Landor
... issued the following order. 'Despite the present unfavourable conditions of production, it has become possible that from Friday this week one shss will be available for ... — Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, March 7, 1917. • Various
... was the judge's turn, and he proceeded to put to the witness that question which was in the mind of every person in court, but which neither of the counsel had dared to put, each fearing the answer might be unfavourable to himself. ... — The Queen Against Owen • Allen Upward
... irregularities, however trifling, are best seen under such a light. Much rough work may very possibly be the consequence of badly-arranged light rather than inability or indifference of the workman. Repairs executed under unfavourable circumstances as above will often look very well until turned about in fresh and different lights, as they are sure to be, and then the faultiness becomes a ... — The Repairing & Restoration of Violins - 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. • Horace Petherick
... gentlemen, European travellers, standing immediately behind Elinor at this moment, and the colour rose in her cheeks as she heard the very unfavourable observations they made upon Miss Taylor, judging from her noisy manner in a public place. Elinor, who understood very well the language in which they spoke, was so shut in by the crowd that she could not move, and was compelled to hear part of a ... — Elinor Wyllys - Vol. I • Susan Fenimore Cooper
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