| 单词 | the chapter of accidents |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe chapter of accidents a. the chapter of accidents: the unforeseen course of events, (the unrolling of) fate. Also the chapter of possibilities. Cf. sense 2. Now rare and archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > quality of being unforeseen > [noun] > that which is unforeseen the chapter of accidents1738 coup de foudre1779 imprévu1854 1738 Common Sense I. 207 Let them consider how propitious the Chapter of Accidents is to them in the Country. 1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 16 Feb., in Misc. Wks. (1778) II. No. 7 The chapter of knowledge is a very short, but the chapter of accidents is a very long one. 1780 S. Lee (title) The chapter of accidents. a1790 Mr. Cunningham Let. 28 Jan. in R. Burns Wks. (1800) II. 293 I am apt to think my letters have miscarried. My conjecture is only framed upon the chapter of accidents turning up against me, as it too often does. 1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 160 Leaving every thing to the day and the chapter of accidents. 1852 W. E. Gladstone Functions of Laymen in Church 21 That bias..in favour of trusting to the force of inertia, to the chapter of accidents. 1871 ‘Holme Lee’ Miss Barrington I. xxi. 299 Leaving time to fight for them and putting their trust in the chapter of accidents. 1912 J. Conrad Secret Sharer in Twixt Land & Sea 152 And as to the chapter of accidents which counts for so much in the book of success, I could only hope that it was closed. 2002 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 35 95 It has been objected to Mr Darwin's theory..that this would imply that their animal population was a matter of chance... It has been maintained that nature does not work by the ‘chapter of accidents’. < as lemmas |
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