Europeans unvexed by nudity might then escape American advertisers' prudish standards.
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Else why not repose in quiet, unvexed by Preparations for War?
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It was like gazing down from some headland into a silent, unvexed sea.
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The shores were once more a clear picture, greener than ever and unvexed by the wind.
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I am surprised, on reflection, that this venerable clergyman should have been unvexed by Episcopal censures.
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I have given no small attention to that not unvexed subject, the skin of the whale.
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Above all Troels is a creature of superbly developed animal instinct, unvexed by any ideas of morality.
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He took up a paper, bowed to me with an unvexed air, and read a column or so.
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There was no dragon guarding her, and she might wander unwatched about the garden, unvexed by the family tyrant's whim.
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So the river rolled on through its solemn canyons in primeval freedom, unvexed by the tampering and meddling of man.
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Yet even though unvexed by this gruesome knowledge, after two or three days I noticed that Cookie was ill at ease.
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By Arthur Guiterman The New Yorker, March 27, 1937 P. 21 In peaee unvexed by jolts and jars View Article By Troy Patterson By Andy Borowitz By John Cassidy By Phil Klay.
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The Confederacy was now cut in two; one week later, an unarmed ship arrived in Union-held New Orleans from St. Louis after an uneventful trip down the river. President Lincoln announced, "The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea."Ballard, p. 410. Grant deployed Sherman and 50,000 troops against Johnston's 31,000 in Jackson.
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On July 4, 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi – the Gibraltar of the Confederacy – fell. With the Mississippi River again, in President Abraham Lincoln's words, running "unvexed to the sea," Steele, commanding the "Arkansas Expedition," preceded from Helena on August 10 to lead the invasion of 12,000 troops west into Arkansas. Awakening to the distant rumble of artillery September 10, the citizens of Little Rock found themselves in the vortex of the conflict.
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After the success of the campaign against Vicksburg, 4 July 1863, Porter's squadron controlled the entire Mississippi River now "unvexed to the sea." From 12 to 20 July, Rattler joined in raids up the Red, Black, Tensas, and Ouachita Rivers. During these operations, she teamed with to capture the Rebel steamer Louisville (later ) on the Little Red River. In the late summer, Rattler patrolled the Mississippi River near Rodney, Mississippi, above Natchez, Mississippi, to intercept crossing attempts by Confederate forces, inspect river craft, and convoy supply boats, helping to seal off the South from supplies and manpower west of the mighty river.
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