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Then in a burst of filial candour, he threw himself upon his father's mercy, only to be abused and measurelessly condemned.

From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell

Their meaning is a projection along the lines of our thought of them, but measurelessly beyond our highest reach.

From Quiet Talks on Prayer by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

Happy the things we here discern; More happy those for which we yearn; But measurelessly happy above All else are those we guess not of!

From Victories of Love by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton

But if that is so strange to Sally, how measurelessly stranger is she herself to her mother beside her!

From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend

Ah, the two worlds! so strangely are they one, And yet so measurelessly wide apart!

From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George