I wish he would make up his mind to come and seek me-in disguise, of course-I would-" "He is very timid, and it would not suggest to him anything so Unpracticable."
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers
Areus, by frequent ambushes, and seizing positions where the ways were most Unpracticable, harassed the Gauls and Molossians that brought up the rear.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh
And hereupon I hasted that Evening out of Town, and finding after Supper that the Stone which in the Day time would afford no discernable Light, was really Conspicuous in the Dark, I was so taken with the Novelty, and so desirous to make some use of an opportunity that was like to last so little a while, that though at that time I had no body to assist me but a Foot-Boy, yet sitting up late, I made a shift that Night to try a pretty number of such of the things that then came into my thoughts, as were not in that place and time Unpracticable.
"Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)"
Robert Boyle