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He divined what offered cases are unmaintainable more quickly, and declined them more resolutely than any one I ever knew.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin

Accordingly we have an altogether unmaintainable Aesthetic, as is clear from recent largely vulgarized doctrines of Aesthetic as operating with the concept of the infused personality.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

No doubt too the gale blowing the flames and smoke hither and thither on the exposed slopes of the Palatine, had rendered a stand in the open unmaintainable.

From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness