unparticipating

There was something alert and yet unparticipating in their steady gaze.

Never-Fail Blake Arthur Stringer 1912

As one might say, so far as the things which are, — holy or divine, or lordly, or kingly, — surpass the things which are not, and the self-existent participations, their participants; to such an extent is seated above all things that be, He Who is above all things that be, and the unparticipating

Dionysius the Areopagite, Works (1897) Dionysius the Areopagite 1897

The lips opened to smile, the teeth were faultless; an effect was produced, if a cold one -- the colder for the unparticipating northern eyes; eyes of that half cloud and blue, which make a kind of hueless grey, and are chiefly striking in an authoritative stage.

Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868

The lips opened to smile, the teeth were faultless; an effect was produced, if a cold one -- the colder for the unparticipating northern eyes; eyes of that half cloud and blue, which make a kind of hueless grey, and are chiefly striking in an authoritative stage.

Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868

The lips opened to smile, the teeth were faultless; an effect was produced, if a cold one -- the colder for the unparticipating northern eyes; eyes of that half cloud and blue, which make a kind of hueless grey, and are chiefly striking in an authoritative stage.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

But, withdrawn in a corner, wrapped about in a shawl, sits an unparticipating man, visited, but not warmed, by the sun -- a plant whose hour seems over, while buds are blowing and seeds are astir.

The Confidence-Man 1857

But, withdrawn in a corner, wrapped about in a shawl, sits an unparticipating man, visited, but not warmed, by the sun -- a plant whose hour seems over, while buds are blowing and seeds are astir.

The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855

For himself, he was a man so still and altogether unparticipating, that to question him even afar off on such particulars was a thing of more than usual delicacy: besides, in his sly way, he had ever some quaint turn, not without its satirical edge, wherewith to divert such intrusions, and deter you from the like.

Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838

It is one year and two months since these same men stood unparticipating, with Brennus d'Agoust at the Palais de Justice, when Fate overtook d'Espremenil; and now they have participated; and will participate.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

Think of their destiny: since that May morning, some three years ago, when they, unparticipating, trundled off d'Espremenil to the Calypso Isles; since that July evening, some two years ago, when they, participating and sacreing with knit brows, poured a volley into Besenval's Prince de

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838