Montgomery Moose, the group's leader, was quite clumsy, Woolma Lamb was extremely vain and self-centered, Dotty Dog could be careless, Portia Porcupine had temper tantrums, Zipper Cat could be overbearing, and Bingo Beaver could be greedy and tended to get himself and / or others into trouble, although he was not mean-spirited like the Gang's enemy, Catchum Crocodile.

Writer Hannah More complained to Horace Walpole that " In vain do we boast (...) that philosophy had broken down all the strongholds of prejudice, ignorance, and superstition ; and yet, at this very time (...) Lavater's physiognomy books sell at fifteen guineas a set.

Some time ago, when the reading public was alarmed at being told how London milk is adulterated, timid persons deprecated the exposure, on the plea that it would give instructions in the art of adulterating milk ; a vain fear, milkmen knew all about it before, whether they practiced it or not ; and the exposure only taught purchasers the necessity of a little scrutiny and caution, leaving them to obey this necessity or not, as they pleased.

On 27 February 1914, two days after his death, the Daily Graphic recalled Tenniel: " He had an influence on the political feeling of this time which is hardly measurable … While Tenniel was drawing them ( his subjects ), we always looked to the Punch cartoon to crystallize the national and international situation, and the popular feeling about it — and never looked in vain.

Some time ago, when the reading public was alarmed at being told how London milk is adulterated, timid persons deprecated the exposure, on the plea that it would give instructions in the art of adulterating milk ; a vain fear, milkmen knew all about it before, whether they practiced it or not ; and the exposure only taught purchasers the necessity of a little scrutiny and caution, leaving them to obey this necessity or not, as they pleased.

While Isabella and James spend time together, Catherine becomes acquainted with John, a vain and crude young gentleman who incessantly tells fantastical stories about himself.

Some magazines commented that Tate was viewed similarly and Look magazine published an unfavorable article about the three lead actresses, describing Tate as " a hopelessly stupid and vain starlet ".

Francis Asbury was a vain person, he did not like having his portrait done or to hear good things about himself.

The subject of the song itself has become one of the biggest enigmas in popular music, as this track also carries one of the most famous lyrics: " You're so vain / I bet you think this song is about you.

The cause of this he did not long seek in vain ; thirteen times the mean motion of Venus is so nearly equal to eight times that of Earth that the difference amounts to only a small fraction of Earth's mean motion, and from the fact that the term depending on this difference, although very small in itself, receives in the integration of the differential equations a multiplier of about 2, 200, 000, Airy was led to infer the existence of a sensible inequality extending over 240 years ( Phil.

Cassiopeia is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivalled beauty.

The Prince of Wales has had unsatiated curiosity about him, but in vain.

The story is about an alcoholic Broadway actress who tries to stay sober while dealing with the problems of her teenaged daughter and her friends: an overly vain woman who fears the loss of her looks and a gay actor relegated to small roles in third-rate shows.

Virginia ( 1913 ) is a novel by Ellen Glasgow about a wife and mother who in vain seeks happiness by serving her family.

Surrealism helped Carpentier to see contexts and aspects, especially those of American life, which he did not see before and after working among the leading artistic figures for some time, Carpentier did not feel overly enthusiastic about his work within surrealism and had felt that his “ surrealist attempts ha been in vain ” describing his frustration, as he felt he had “ nothing to add to this movement in France ".

A mission to Joan's native village of Domrémy tried in vain to uncover adverse rumors about her.

Anderson then wrote a prophetic play, " Saturday's Children ," about a vain, neurotic liar who cheats on her husband.

She was about to throw away the piece of flesh when Rishi Vyas appeared and told her that his blessings could not have been in vain.

Shea followed up with The Color out of Time ( 1984 ) and In Yana, the Touch of Undying ( 1985 ), about a vain opportunist's search for immortality in a land of fable.

At about this time Cabot began taking on television work, appearing in such series as The Adventures of Hiram Holliday ( 1956 – 57 ), on Frank Lovejoy's detective series Meet McGraw ( 1958 ), with James Best in the western series Bonanza ( 1960 ) and Pony Express (" The Story of Julesburg ", 1960 ), The Beachcomber ( regular 1962 ), and The Twilight Zone (" A Nice Place to Visit ", 1960 ), as the white-suited, courtly provider of a vain but disillusioned man's every wish.

According to Elliott, the Viceroy in Santa Coloma tried in vain to bribe Claris and Tamarit, people uncomfortable about their role in the service of the king.

Fandorin is always impeccably groomed and can be vain about his appearance ; in The Winter Queen he wears a corset to improve his figure.

In a short story about Marshal Georgii Zhukov's vain attempts at writing his memoirs, the retired Marshal reminisces about serving under Tukhachevsky against the Tambov rebellion.

An eccentric workaholic, Potemkin was vain and a great lover of jewelry ( a taste he did not always remember to pay for ), but he disliked sycophancy and was sensitive about his appearance, particularly his lost eye.

This is the why question about life which philosophers and theologians have been pondering in vain for ages, and is a counterpart to the how question about nature which engineers have been able to resolve successfully.

English author Frederic Harrison wrote Theophano: The Crusade of the Tenth Century ( 1904 ), which portrays Theophano as the arch-schemer of Constantinople who manipulated the court to secure her own position in the face of inconstant Imperial leadership ( the vain and distracted Constantine VII, the drunkard Romanus II, the overly pious Nicephorus Phocas ) and thus largely for the good of the state.

) was seen in the context of the Roman Imperial model ; it was not seen as vain or boastful, but as a moral imperative to the aristocratic classes.

A Mississippi soldier wrote: `` our General Reub Davis is a vain, stuck-up, illiterate ass ''.

In 1677, the General Assembly of East New Jersey banned the " singing of vain songs or tunes " on Sabbath.

This, along with Daugherty's other activities, prompted one congressman, Oscar Keller of Minnesota, to attempt, in vain, to bring impeachment charges against the Attorney General.

General Bouathong pled in vain for newer and more sufficient aircraft, but was refused by the Americans.

The sloop trader quickly sold the island to a General John Geddes, a former governor of South Carolina, who tried in vain to secure his rights to the property before Simonton, with the aid of some influential friends in Washington, was able to gain clear title to the island.

General Yepanchin has an ambitious and vain assistant named Gavril Ardalyonovich Ivolgin ( nicknamed Ganya ) whom Myshkin also meets during his visit to the household.

After a vain attempt to transfer to the Blücher Hussars, a regiment he had an intense boyish admiration for when it was quartered at Stolp, he was ordered to report to General Yorck, who treated him and the other officers from Breslau with coldness, until Steinmetz asked about returning to the king who had sent him.

However, General Vaubois waited in vain for supplies.

This rise of underground cinema coincided with Germany's surge drug culture and related rave clubs leading to the development of many subculture movies like September a movie in the vain of Dope ( London 1968 ).

Abbadie's income as dean of Killaloe was so small that he could not afford a literary amanuensis ; and Hugh Boulter, archbishop of Armagh, having appealed in vain to Lord Carteret, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on Abbadie's behalf, gave him a letter of introduction to Dr. Edmund Gibson, bishop of London, and Abbadie left Ireland.

Then, after he realised his hopes of submission at that point were in vain, he began his advance on London.

Various attempts at containing the disease by London public health officials all fell in vain and the disease continued to spread rapidly.

After a sojourn in Switzerland, where she waited in vain for Ludwig to join her, she made one brief excursion to France and then removed to London in late 1848.

The States of Holland sent their highest official, the Grand Pensionary Adriaan Pauw to London in a last desperate attempt to prevent war, but in vain: English demands had become so extreme that no self-respecting state could meet them.

In September 1713, Swift came to London, and made a final vain attempt to reconcile his two friends.

At first he employed a curate ; but Spencer Perceval's Residence Act was passed in 1808, and after trying in vain to negotiate an exchange, he left London in 1809 and moved his household to Yorkshire.

He was sent as the representative of the insurgent provinces to Paris and London, where he attempted in vain to secure the effective assistance of Queen, Elizabeth I of England.

A fictional example can be found in George Orwell's novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying, in which the protagonist Gordon Comstock struggles in vain to complete an epic poem describing a day in London: " It was too big for him, that was the truth.

On the withdrawal of the British legation, Maret went on a mission to London, where he had a favourable interview with William Pitt the Younger on 22 December 1792 – all hope of an accommodation was, however, in vain.

He also served for seven years as chairman of the London Trades Council, struggling in vain against its domination by Communists ( which eventually led to its disbandment by the Trades Union Congress ( TUC )), and for four years as chairman of the London Labour Party.

Figures such as Sir Charles Wheeler, the President of the Royal Academy, backed by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, the Georgian Group and the London Society, lobbied in vain for the arch's preservation.

Here they were met by the under-sheriff of London, Thomas More, who attempted in vain to persuade them to return to their homes.