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The paragon of commonsense, pictured by most people as being somehow unliable to human frailties, could not yet screw himself up to the point of ringing a dentist's door-bell.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold

But Cromwell's voice said, 'And then?' and he made up his mind to implicate none but the Scotch lord, who was at once harmless and unliable to be harmed.

From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford, Ford Madox