On the first view it appears to be a testimony of great weight; but when closely examined it becomes reduced to very little.
This reply however, which some have indeed made, is not of great weight.
He also carried along with him his mother, and Ptolemy, the brother of Nicolaus, who seemed one of great weight, on account of the great trust Herod put in him, he having been one of his most honored friends.
He was also of great weight in persuading his father to preserve him.
Many considerations of great weight operate in favor of this construction, while I do not perceive any serious objections to it.
Many considerations of great weight gave us a right to expect that this commerce should be extended to the colonies as well as to the European dominions of other powers.
I saw Alexander that same day, and it appeared to me that his mind was relieved of a great weight by the question of the Regency being brought to an end.
The robust man can bear heat or cold, excess or privation, and toil on through every kind of hardship; the strong man can lift a great weight, can give a heavy blow, and a hard gripe.
It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm with great velocity, hurling stones with much force.
Another objection has been stated, which is of great weight: a system of high duties will necessarily engage us in a system of drawbacks.
And spreading of feathers, thin and close, and in great breadth, will likewise beare up a great weight, being even laid without tilting upon the sides.
It is certain that the balloon, relieved of a great weight of ballast, at once ascended to the higher regions.
The Objection you have started seems to be of great Weight at first View; but if we look more narrowly into it, and examine this Affair, as we have done some other Things, the Difficulty you labour under will soon disappear.
Footsteps sounded in the adjoining rooms, doors opened suddenly, voices and labored breathing of several men were heard, as if they walked burdened by great weight.
There were moments when it was necessary to confide his sorrows to Nacional with that irresistible impulse to confession felt by those who carry a great weight on their minds.
And this topic is so common, that if it is well handled in this cause it is likely to be of great weight in convincing the hearers.
But in exhortations the enumerations of instances of good and bad fortune, and instances and precedents, are arguments of great weight.
Provisional exclusion had been suggested by a member of great weightin the party in 1886.
I will first give reasons, which I deem to be of great weight, against my producing a scheme, reserving to the close one reason, which would be conclusive in the absence of every other reason.
Unquestionably his speech is a new fact of great weight.
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