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But it proceeds rather like a shell, which suddenly bursts into fragments, which fragments, being themselves shells, burst in their turn into fragments destined to burst again, and so on for a time incommensurably long.

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur

But it is doubtful whether any acting could carry off a plot so ultra-romantically extravagant and in places so obscure, or characters so incommensurably more eloquent than they are alive.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

Wilkes's Spirit of the Times incommensurably towers above the New York Press by its dauntless patriotism; by its clear, broad, and deep comprehension of the condition of the country.

From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

On the scientific side the industry is incommensurably staffed, and most of the workers’ time is occupied with routine work connected with estate practice.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

The influence of an incommensurably greater poet, of Wordsworth, is also to be traced in it.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney