She had the faculty of being able to think her own thoughts--and the courage.
It was more as though the earth had made a sudden movement under his feet without being able to destroy his balance.
Being able now to assume a firm attitude I said to myself deliberately: "That thing can wait.
As long as the proprietor does not labor, however small his income, he enjoys a privilege; the laborer's welfare may be equal to his, but equality of conditions does not exist.
You may be quite assured of the fate of the masterpiece in Weymar, which is, no doubt, a little surprised at being able to produce such things.
I believe our aunt, Mrs Tabitha, had entertained hopes of being able to do some execution among the cavaliers at this assembly.
The Delaware brags of being ableto see silence; let him come here, and he may feel it, in the bargain.
Then she was still fresh, and had sanguine hopes of being able to tire out her pursuers.
In 1696 reports began to circulate that men had had visions; being able to see what was going on in the most distant parts, and that the heavens themselves opened to their eyes.
It must be confessed that they were not free from curiosity, and felt far from sorry at being able to get to the bottom of the mystery of which for some time the whole town was talking.
For all that, the Catholics did not consider themselves beaten; they felt sure ofbeing able to find some other way of driving their quarry to bay.
With all his prudence and his love of books, I believe he would not buy one unless he had a reasonable prospect of being able to dress it handsomely.
At last the wedding took place, and Mrs. Edmonstone wrote a letter, divided between indignation at the foolish display that had attended it, and satisfaction at being able at length to fix the day for the meeting at Hollywell.
Philip was in hopes of being able to speak to Laura after dinner, but his uncle wanted him to come and look over the plans of an estate adjoining Redclyffe, which there was some idea of purchasing.
I should feel if, instead of being able to throw down my reckoning, I were obliged to deprecate the resentment of the landlord for consuming that which I could not pay for.
For the last three months he had been withdrawing small sums therefrom in the hope of being able to repay them, while he had covered the deficit with false money.
I then prided myself on being able to look death boldly in the face, but suddenly a shiver froze my blood, and my dizzy anguish returned, as if a giant hand had swung me over a dark abyss.
He even became more supple and mysterious, for he nursed a hope of being able to gain the same mastery over the young as over the disunited couple, and he knew that great disorders lead to great conversions.
When we did get to the Hollow, instead of being able to take it easy, as we expected, we found things had gone wrong as far as the devil could send 'em that way if he tried his best.
I never really cared for any woman in the world except Gracey Storefield, but she was far away, and I didn't see much likelihood of my being able to live in that part of the world, much less to settle down and marry there.
And think of being able to order a drink whenever you wanted one!
With his other faculties blurred he yet had the motorist's gift of being able to drive when he could scarce walk; of slowing down at corners and allowing for approaching cars.
Then did Babbitt, almost tearful with joy at being coaxed instead of bullied, at being permitted to stop fighting, at being able to desert without injuring his opinion of himself, cease utterly to be a domestic revolutionist.
Then he began a long explanation of his conduct, excusing himself in vague terms, in default of being able to invent better.
The light fell on it as on a piece of marble, to the curve of the eyebrows, without one's being able to guess what Emma was seeing on the horizon or what she was thinking within herself.
That's Jacob's English cousin," put in Master Voost, delighted at being able to give the information.
Poor Imperia put it into her mouth several times without being able to make up her mind to bite it, so much pleasure did she take in the moment that she believed to be her last.
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