unfirm

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God chargeth Moses with rash and unadvised words, and so he doth Job also: Daniel did wear the name of an idol god, and Paul freely confesseth himself unfirm.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John

Are you not moved, when all the sway of earth   Shakes like a thing unfirm?

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia

For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn.

From What Great Men Have Said About Women Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 77 by Haldeman-Julius, Marcet

Are not you moved, when all the sway of earth Shakes like a thing unfirm?

From Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, William

The next moment he repeats this:   "For, boy, however we do praise ourselves,   Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm,   More longing, wavering, sooner lost and won,   Than women's are."

From The Man Shakespeare by Harris, Frank