Even below the level of his old opponents; and that this was not the consequence of temporary depression naturally resulting from the accumulated load of his misfortunes, is sufficiently shown by the downright puerility of the arguments by which he seeks to justify his own successes in the St Helena memoirs, which one may search in vain for any indication that Napoleon was himself aware of the magnitude of his own discovery.   anvd [Please select]

The puerility of the attempt disarmed Lily's indignation: did it not prove how horribly the poor creature was frightened.   anvd [Please select]

Do we not praise his commonplace puerility, _perdidi diem_, the exclamation of conceit, rather than of manliness.   anvd [Please select]

There is an unfounded prejudice against poetry in many men because of the fancied puerility of it and its silly sentiment.   anvd [Please select]

I have been told by Hindoos that the great obstacle to the spread of Christianity in their country is the puerility of our dogma of creation.   anvd [Please select]

It was plain that the Judges were surprised by its puerility, and that it did not help the accused in the eyes of the public.   anvd [Please select]