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Meanings of desultory reading in English

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Usage of desultory reading in English
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Passive reading is even more harmful in its effects than desultory reading.
Pushing to the Front
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It cannot be acquired by desultory reading, for instance, or travelling in Europe.
Reflections and Comments 1865-1895
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We are constantly asked whether desultory reading is among things lawful and permitted.
Studies in Literature
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The crowded richness of the line advises a desultory reading.
Ponkapog Papers
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He was constantly inveighing in his seminary against desultory reading.
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge ...
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I returned to my menial's cubicle and did some desultory reading for Fausta's lesson the next day.
Shadows in Bronze
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The effect of this scrappy, desultory reading is bad enough when the hashed compound selected is tolerably good.
The Novel and the Common School
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The yellow journalists doubtlessly suggested all sorts of lip-smacking innuendoes. Nevertheless, Ignatius treated the story to a desultory reading.
A Confederacy of Dunces
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His impression gathered from such desultory reading had been that the effort in that direction was sporadic and ineffective.
Lo, Michael!
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The niece, who had considerable abilities, had, before she was left to his guardianship, been indulged in desultory reading.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman / With Strictures on Politi...
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Five minutes of desultory reading brought me unexpectedly to an explanation of the advertisement, in the shape of the following paragraph:
A Rogue's Life
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The principles which he had acquired from University lectures and desultory reading were far too vague and abstract for practical use.
Russia
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The days of languid, desultory reading and study were over, and she determined to know at least a few things well.
A Young Girl's Wooing
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She took him to task for not going to church more regularly, and pointed out to him the evils of desultory reading.
The Descent of Man and Other Stories
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At the University of Moscow he had attended lectures on history and philosophy, and had got through a large amount of desultory reading.
Russia
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Hence the Eton student who goes to Cambridge finds he has done but a little desultory reading, and that he must begin again.
The Grand Old Man / Or, the Life and Public Services of the Righ...
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