practicabilities

There they go as if they were beating to the roll-call, thought the soldier to himself; if they all attend the parade, I will look out, take a mouthful of fresh air, and make mine own observations on the practicabilities of this place.

A Legend of Montrose 2008

We live in the world as it is and not in the world as we want it to be, that is the practical rule by which we steer, and in directing our lives we must constantly consider the forces and practicabilities of the social medium in which we move.

First and Last Things 1906

What was the good, after all, of using up his spare hours in a vague labour called "private study" without giving an outlook on practicabilities?

Jude the Obscure 1896

He alone has youth, he alone has life before him, who can still catch the vision of the ideal, of that which is high, who can lift up his eyes beyond the horizon of practicabilities and precedents and see the things not yet realized.

Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals Henry Frederick Cope 1896

What was the good, after all, of using up his spare hours in a vague labour called "private study" without giving an outlook on practicabilities?

Jude the Obscure 1894

There they go as if they were beating to the roll-call, thought the soldier to himself; if they all attend the parade, I will look out, take a mouthful of fresh air, and make mine own observations on the practicabilities of this place.

A Legend of Montrose 1871

He did not bother himself much about details or practicabilities of location, but ran merrily along, sighting from the top of one divide to the top of another, and striking "plumb" every town site and big plantation within twenty or thirty miles of his route.

The Gilded Age, Part 2. Charles Dudley Warner 1864

He did not bother himself much about details or practicabilities of location, but ran merrily along, sighting from the top of one divide to the top of another, and striking "plumb" every town site and big plantation within twenty or thirty miles of his route.

The Gilded Age A tale of today Charles Dudley Warner 1864

There they go as if they were beating to the roll-call, thought the soldier to himself; if they all attend the parade, I will look out, take a mouthful of fresh air, and make mine own observations on the practicabilities of this place.

A Legend of Montrose Walter Scott 1801