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inscrutableness

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Wholly confounded by this inscrutableness of her so alienated and infatuated daughter, Mrs. Tartan turned inflamedly upon Pierre, and bade him follow her forth.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

But our soul's arches underfit into its; and so, prevent the upper arch from falling on us with unsustainable inscrutableness.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

The inscrutableness however of the mystery they contained, did not suffice to overwhelm my courage.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William

My wonder was excited by the inscrutableness of the cause, but my wonder was unmixed with sorrow or fear.

From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Brown, Charles Brockden

Mr. Spencer finds the basis of all religion in the inscrutableness of the Power which the universe manifests to us.

From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan