These facts serve not only to explain the crime, but to reveal the criminal.
This fact, as mentioned by Bain, may serve toexplain the origin of many a confession which has saved an innocent person at the last moment.
Many theories, even phrenological theories, have been advanced to explain the origin of the cuckoo laying its eggs in other birds' nests.
Under these circumstances it is, I believe, quite impossible to explain the transportal of these gigantic masses of rock so many miles from their parent-source, on any theory except by that of floating icebergs.
Their first duty was to explain the law, and to organise the new peasant self-government.
During that time there was no one to explain the law to the peasants and settle the disputes between them and the proprietors; and the consequence of this was that many cases of insubordination and disorder occurred.
Whilst the "loving-cup" was going round I distributed some small presents which I had brought for the purpose, and then proceeded toexplain the object of my visit.
After drunkenness, the besetting sin which is supposed toexplain the impoverishment of the peasantry is incorrigible laziness.
Several hypotheses present themselves to the mind, in order to explain the source of so ancient an error or belief.
It is more difficult to explain the origin of bare savannahs, encircled by forests, than to recognize the causes that maintain forests and savannahs within their ancient limits, like continents and seas.
If we admit that, being sure of its prey, it played with the little Indian as our cats play with birds whose wings have been clipped, how shall we explain the patience of a jaguar of large size, which finds itself attacked by a girl?
How can we explain the origin of the sulphuretted hydrogen?
We do that on the Buness estate, and I should like to explain thereason of it.
Certain it is that he is unable to explain the process, nor has any one ever been able to draw from him anything concerning it.
We do not attempt to explain the susceptibility of certain persons to certain foods and certain exposures.
A postmortem examination of this person was awaited with great interest; but after his death nothing was found to explain the power he possessed over his heart.
Siemens would quickly, in German, explain the point, but Helmholtz could not see it, although he understood English, which Siemens could speak.
Still, some sort of pretext was necessary to explain the journey to the Marquis and the whole town.
The Directors of the Bank, who conducted that establishment with great integrity and discretion, began to be alarmed, and required Desprez to explain the state of his affairs.
I know not whether this distinction between the men of two different periods has been before pointed out, but it serves to explain the conduct of many persons of elevated rank during the events of 1814.
Would not a time come, when, called upon by her husband to explain the refusals of her daughter, threatened, terrified, she would confess all?
She is a very kind old lady, and I'll tell her a story to explain the absence of the footman.
When you came in, general, I was only just beginning toexplain the facts to my mother and brother.
But the idea remains undeveloped, and so far as he attempts to explain the world he lives in, he pictures it as the manifestation of conscious will and personal agency.
This simple and natural reflection seems perfectly sufficient to explain the association of the Corn Goddess at Eleusis with the mystery of death and the hope of a blissful immortality.
These are the various causes assigned to explain the treason of his wife against him.
To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.
When Laurence begged him to explain the nature of it, he advised the four young men to refrain from hunting and to keep themselves as much in retirement as possible.
To explain the condition of his clothes when arrested, he said he had slipped and fallen in the breach on his way home.
Ah, you were so young at that time, my dear fellow; I forgot toexplain the conclusion.
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