Inconstancy

(noun.) the quality of being changeable and variable.

整理:萨莎

• By this indulgence of the fancy in its inconstancy, the tie of child and parent still preserves its full force and influence. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The fourth limitation is derived from the inconstancy of the cause of these passions, and from the short duration of its connexion with ourselves. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He was entangled by his own vanity, with as little excuse of love as possible, and without the smallest inconstancy of mind towards her cousin. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• There was the pupil's youth, the pupil's manhood;--his avarice, his ingratitude, his implacability, his inconstancy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Thirdly, the wages of labour in different occupations vary with the constancy or inconstancy of employment. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Indeed, even his inconstancy to Lady W---- often disgusted me. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It is sufficient if the idea strikes on us with such force, and concerns us so nearly, as to give us an uneasiness in its instability and inconstancy. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The constancy or inconstancy of employment cannot affect the ordinary profits of stock in any particular trade. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• She had become grave, and often conversed of the inconstancy of fortune, and the instability of human life. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.

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