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But the shallowness and untenableness of Michaelis' view will appear still more strongly, when we state the positive argument for our view.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

I see that you feel the untenableness of our relation.

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

For Freiherr Eberhard was more strongly convinced than was his father of the untenableness of their present position.

From The Dove in the Eagle's Nest by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

So by the hourly change of his principles, the father conceals their untenableness and onesidedness.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert

Moreover, the untenableness of the mimicry hypothesis must have revealed itself very clearly to him in the course of his investigations regarding the coloring of butterflies.

From At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers by O'Harra, Edwin V.