But nevertheless there were elements of very real danger in all those blundering mysteries that had been going on now for so many years, and it was at any rate of the greatest importance to Peter, because he earned his living by it, because of his love for Stephen and his affection for Mr. Zanti, and because if once anything were to happen his one resting-place in this wild sea of London would be swept away and he would be utterly resourceless and destitute.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
An army, not much less than forty thousand men, was drawn from the general effort, to keep that kingdom in a poor, unfruitful, and resourceless subjection.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke
We are so accustomed to these essentials-to the rain, the wind, the soil, the sea, the sunrise, the trees, the sustenance-that we may not include them in the categories of the good things, and we endeavor to satisfy ourselves with many small and trivial and exotic gratifications; and when these gratifications fail or pall, we find ourselves helpless and resourceless.
"The Holy Earth"
L. H. Bailey