laissez-aller

The IFP must be reminded that gone are the days of erstwhile KwaZulu Government in which it was enjoying laissez-aller.

ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY 2003

The IFP must be reminded that gone are the days of erstwhile KwaZulu Government in which it was enjoying laissez-aller.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

We wonder if the stately dames who in the eighteenth century held court here would quite approve of the _laissez-aller_ of modern intercourse.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

Everywhere are picturesque disorder, dirt, rubbish, and the accrued wallow of years of laissez-aller; but the mighty trade-winds and the constant rains sweep away all bad odors, and there is no resultant disease.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

There is an expansive swing, a laissez-aller to this piece, with its air of elegance, that are very alluring.

Chopin : the Man and His Music James Huneker 1890

We must reckon with the definitely given conditions, and realize that timidity and _laissez-aller_ have never led to great results.

Germany and the Next War Friedrich von Bernhardi 1889

In the _laissez-aller_ of the unreflective he had assumed that life would be a continuance of small pleasures and refined enjoyments, little dinners and pleasant converse, Dora and a comfortable home, mutual mild delight in flowers and table decoration.

From One Generation to Another Henry Seton Merriman 1882

But there are times when laissez-aller carries all before it, and Hyde was in just such a mood.

The Maid of Maiden Lane Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

He is tired of drifts, gallery, machinery, miners, and the "laissez-aller" of Nevada hospitality.

The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874

There was a certain laissez-aller about this officer very offensive to me.

Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America 1863