inscrutableness

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Father and son have both died, as it were, in my presence, and both have departed for the world of spirits, in a manner to prove the inscrutableness of Providence.

From The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish by Cooper, James Fenimore

The illumination that had brought it out was now faded, and all was a blur, an inscrutableness, a scrawl of unintelligible characters alike.

From Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

This conception of the merry Sphinx may seem strange to the dyspeptic philosopher pondering on the inscrutableness of the universe.

From Humanly Speaking by Crothers, Samuel McChord

Ah Cho pondered their inscrutableness as he sat in the court room waiting the judgment.

From When God Laughs: and other stories by London, Jack

The inscrutableness however of the mystery they contained, did not suffice to overwhelm my courage.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William