It was perhaps fortunate that my gun did not go off; as I was so displeased at their treachery, that it is highly probable I might have shot one of them.
We may remark it to be highly probable, that all animal matter is originally formed of vegetable; because all animals either feed directly and entirely on vegetables, or upon other animals that do so.
Without committing ourselves to it as more than a speculation, though a highly probable one, let us again commence with the evolution of the Solar System out of a nebulous medium.
Sir Edward Coke likewise adds, that the eight hundred marks were actually entered on the roll, so that it is highly probable he had himself seen the record[1095].
It is rather astonishing that we are ignorant of what kind of reeds the ancients used for writing, though they have mentioned the places where they grew wild, and where, it is highly probable, they grow still.
That pearls are produced when the shells have been pierced or injured in a certain manner, is highly probable, and has been in modern times often remarked[773].
It is highly probable, that in the early ages men were satisfied with only grinding their corn, and that in the course of time they fell upon the invention of separating the meal from the pollard or bran.
More than this, it appears to be highly probable[24] that no woman ever bears a syphilitic child and remains herself absolutely free from the disease.
We believe, as already stated above, that the essential cause of scrofula is some peculiarity in the constitution of the tissues of the scrofulous subject; and we think it highly probable that H.
It is highly probable that he was acquainted with the course of the western branch of the Nile, as far as the 11th degree of latitude.
The figures are similar in style to the paintings and sculpture of this period, and it is highly probable that it may have been the work of Italian artists.
It is highly probable that a great part of the specimens of glass of different kinds which are classified as Italian in several collections, are really Spanish, although it is extremely difficult to point out the difference.
It is highly probable, that skilful Rulers, having made these observations for some Time, would be tempted to try if Man could not be made an Object of Reverence to himself.
It is highly probable that he learned these trades in the West Indies, but having adequate means to maintain himself, he had not depended on his mechanical skill.
I consider it highly probable," asserted Aunt Maria, forgetting her Scandinavian hypothesis.
It is highly probable that no water exists in a straight line between the two places.
I was sixty miles from water, and eighty from food, my messenger could hardly return before six days, and I began to think it highly probable that I should be dead of hunger and thirst long before anybody could possibly arrive.
Owing to the difficulty of holding conversation with wild tribes, it ishighly probable that if we had met them we should have got no information of value from them.
That the Americans are able to bear taxation, is indubitable; that their refusal may be overruled, is highly probable; but power is no sufficient evidence of truth.
It ishighly probable that we have, in the bas-relief, a representation of the city of Susa or Shusan.
Although no remains or even traces of pillars have hitherto been discovered in the Assyrian ruins, I now think it highly probable, as suggested by Mr. Fergusson, that they were used to support the roof.
It ishighly probable that a limpid brook was the first mirror[136], but we have reason to think that artificial mirrors were made as mankind began to exercise their art and ingenuity on metals and stones.
That vessels were made of cast tin at an early period is highly probable; but I do not remember to have seen any of them in collections of antiquities.
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