The only difference was that in the one case it was the inexperience of the general in the field that forbade, while in the other it was the paralyzing prohibition of the general in a secure headquarters that stood in the way of achievement.
Because of their inexperience they let slip the finest opportunity that was at any time afforded to commanders on either side to achieve a quick and decisive result.
The latter would have thrown up his commission in disgust, but for the remonstrances of his sovereign, who prevailed on him to remain where his counsels were more than ever necessary to supply the inexperience of the young commander.
The Great Captain soon after sent the king an inventory of his nephew's castles and estates, at the same time deprecating his wrath, in consideration of the youth and inexperience of the offender.
You know what passed at first between Mr. de Guerchy and Monsieur d'Eon, in which both our Ministers and Monsieur de Guerchy, from utter inexperience in business, puzzled themselves into disagreeable difficulties.
You shall receive advice, but no orders, from me; and in truth you will want no other advice but such as youth and inexperience must necessarily require.
My province, therefore, is to supply by my experience your hitherto inevitable inexperience in the ways of the world.
Dryfoos, on whose social inexperience Fulkerson's words projected no very intelligible image, and who perhaps hoped for some more light.
All that preparatory labor characteristic of the free, prudent and bold, frank and discreet government, had been neglected by the feebleness or inexperience of the ministers.
It's only your silliness and inexperience makes you say these things.
Neither am I prepared to admit what possibly inexperience in debate may be eager to affirm, that the ratiocinative perspicuity of a post-prandial collective intelligence has been fruitless in result.
But youth and inexperience and suddenly inherited wealth not infrequently led to rash adventures.
The slight hit made at his inexperience in investment had irritated him and made him feel less cock-sure of himself.
Her own vanity, her own folly, had brought her to the very verge of ruin; and with shame she owned that there was more in the old saws with which her sister-in-law had deafened her than her inexperience had imagined.
Christian people send their sons to the university, and demand that the education of the parental home be spared, that the inexperience of youth be not misused.
In business and office, as in public service, sober-mindedness and maturity are demanded; but to work out the ultimate questions of humanity, inexperience and lack of the deeper knowledge of life do not disqualify in our time.
He says that Mr. Crocker is one of the rare men of the time, and that only inexperience among the people here prevents him from being appreciated.
To his inexperiencethe long delay seemed abnormal, and his imagination presented to him a series of textbook disasters.
The reflection that this would betray his inexperience held him back.
On the surface she was a little patronising, an attitude that the two students’ inexperience made it difficult for them to resent.
Being a woman of eighteen, and sensitive, she was not pleased by his confident familiarity, and in her inexperience she showed her annoyance perhaps a little more plainly than was quite dignified.
Doctor Ravenel and Mrs. Carter supposed in their civilian inexperience that all danger was over, and by two o'clock in the morning were fast asleep.
With a new sense of his inexperience he turned sadly away.
Where was she likely to go in her inexperience of the outer world?
To my inexperience it seemed that Ted had brought with him a wide assortment of most of the commodities known to civilisation.
Withal, even my inexperience did not prevent my realisation of the sinking, fading process at work in my father.
They made blunders which approximated to crimes, but they made them in their inexperience and zeal to promote the cause of religion and liberty.
She pleaded in vain her inexperience in such dances; they insisted there was nobody present that could criticise, that her form alone would compensate for every mistake of rule, and that the best lesson was easy practice.
Her inexperience had made her believe, since she preferred me to the few who surrounded her, I was the man of her choice: with equal facility I concurred in the same mistake; .
Her obligations and inexperience made it impossible to her to resist, though, at this season of saving care, she gave up nothing which she could not have rendered useful, by industry and contrivance.
Until then I know of nothing more honest and more sensible than to undo the wrong that ignorance and inexperience has accomplished.
And asked to be instructed because of my inexperience with--with these new and deep--emotions.
That blessed inexperience and sheer imagination of youth enabling it to hope in a large, vague way when to hope for any definite and real thing would be impossible.
At once he recognized the absolute child; only utter inexperience of the world could speak of so small a sum so respectfully.
She made such inquiries about work for herself as her inexperience and limited opportunities permitted.
With the air of friendly experience bent on aiding helpless inexperience she pushed aside the dress and made room for herself on the bed.
At a glance she realized that she was now in a place far superior to the Bohemian resorts which had seemed to her inexperience the best possible.
And if we wish for any others, I say that we desire them only through some ignorance and inexperience of the lives which actually exist.
For we, as you say, from our inexperience in such matters, might very likely not know, even if they came in our way, what was right or wrong in such societies.
Dishonest tradesmen took advantage of her inexperience and extreme easiness, and swelled their bills to an enormous amount; but her greatest, and far most congenial outlay, was in the relief of the distressed.
The ignorance and inexperience of the young are here plainly distinguishable from the cunning and sagacity of the old, who have learned, by long observation, to avoid what hurt them, and pursue what gave ease or pleasure.
That he was seeking to take advantage of her inexperience and her helplessness, solely on the strength of his being her legal guardian!
