He did love his brother; but even his gaiety and spirits finally tired of the dull uniformity of the diseased habits of his senior.

"Those who have travelled in Germany and France," writes Mr. Lewis, one of our most popular scientific authors, "must have repeatedly marvelled at the singular uniformity in the flavour, or want of flavour, of the various 'roasts' served up at the table-d'hôte."

During the history of every civilization such agreements were reached and recorded in compacts, treaties, laws, constitutions, specifying the nature and limits of the collective cultural uniformity at which the community aimed.

No artificial uniformity has been sought or imposed, and while the Editor is responsible for the series in general, the responsibility for the opinions expressed in each volume rests solely with its author.

His rule aimed at a rigid uniformity, even in detail.

I have, however, brought it to such a state that I am beginning to try whether the Barrel moves with sufficient uniformity to be itself used as the Transit Clock.

To all names worthy to be known, it is natural to wish a perpetual uniformity; but if any one thinks the variableness of these to be peculiar, let him open the English Bible of the fourteenth century, and read a few verses, observing the names.

"In the function of the circulation there is a remarkable uniformity in the two bodies.

The city proved large and populous; the houses were small and of a monotonous uniformity, bewilderingly placed without apparent arrangement.

Their faces, tanned by many suns, exhibited a curious uniformity of tintthe colour of dirty gruel.

There is a dreary uniformity in the barren desolateness of this country which wearies one more than I am able to express.

Too true that universal uniformity is the future of the world; and when Mr. Morris speaks of the democratic art to be when the world is socialistic, I ask, whence will the unfortunates draw their inspiration?

The ultimate universality and the absolute uniformity of physical antecedents has a plausible appearance until it is seen that logically carried out it reduces men to machines, annihilates responsibility, and involves conclusions on the assumption of the truth of which society could not hold together for a single day.

By reference to the comparative table, it will be seen that there is considerable uniformity in the order of succession.

"This expression also better secures the systematic uniformity between the three cases.

The slumbers of a mind, wearied, like mine, with the most detestable uniformity, to whom neither amusement nor occupation ever offered themselves to beguile the painful hours, were short, disturbed, and unrefreshing.

I knew that set of volumes, their distressing uniformity of binding, their full calf.

The branch line of the Great Western from Maiden Newton makes a wide detour northwards to reach Bridport, passing through a very charming and unspoilt countryside where old "Do'set" ways still hold out against that drab uniformity that seems to be creeping over rustic England.

It was seldom that we approached near enough for the persons on board to converse with each other; but whoever is at all acquainted with the endless uniformity of long voyages, will easily understand our satisfaction at knowing we were even in the neighbourhood of human beings.

Thus only can the uniformity so essential to efficiency be secured.

There is a beautiful regularity in this fall, but its extreme uniformity divests it of picturesque effect.

But a circle of sharp rocks, contracting from the base to the summit, forms a tunnel over his head; no crevice, no precipitous ledge, interrupts their fatal uniformity.

" Their belief in a personal deity was confused with their belief in nature, which, in the language of a modern sceptic, "acts with fearful uniformity: stern as fate, absolute as tyranny, merciless as death; too vast to praise, too inexorable to propitiate, it has no ear for prayer, no heart for sympathy, no arm to save."

And the new Taft Act, in its long-and-short-haul provision, takes a long step in the direction of geographical uniformity and rigidity of rates.

An unbroken forest of wide extent makes but a dreary picture and an unattractive journey, on account of its gloomy uniformity.