a. (UN-1 7 b, 5 b.)

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1611.  Florio, Irresolubile, vnresolueable.

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1624.  Wotton, Elem. Archit., 18. The Triangle which hath the fewest sides and corners, is … vnresoluable into any other regular Forme then it selfe.

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1694.  South, Serm. (1698), III. 306. Men of Parts…, after all their Study,… are forced to give them over as Things Unresolveable.

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1744.  Young, Nt. Th., VII. 606. Call; and with endless questions be distrest, All unresolveable, if earth is All.

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1850.  McCosh, Div. Govt. (1852), 260. Others … have distinctly recognised the importance of the will as an unresolvable and independent faculty.

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1870.  Ruskin, Lect. Art (1875), 181. Your telescope … reveals nebula beyond nebula, far and farther,… unresolvable.

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1874.  Willshire, Anc. Prints, ii. 12. Various examples which … link the time of surety to that of unresolvable doubt.

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