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She was neither an idealess vocal machine, nor a crotchetty seeker for new readings, nor a soulless sullen little creature; she was a power in art.

From Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions by Lee, Vernon

On this account they are 'ugly customers' to Priests, who, with exceptions, much dislike being called upon to explain their idealess language.

From An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles by Southwell, Charles

Was it the blunder of an idealess vocal machine? or the contradictory eccentricity of a seeker after impossible novelty?

From Belcaro Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions by Lee, Vernon

He was, however, as far removed as possible from that cheap, shallow, and idealess school of French painters whose wrongful appropriation of the name "Impressionist" has prejudiced us against the principle that it involves.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1884 by Various

"You have an uncle in Minnesota," Mrs. Ellwell repeated, mechanically, her dry eyes staring idealess at him.

From The Man Who Wins by Herrick, Robert