Some doubt is thrown upon this conclusion by a proclamation of Archbishop Lee in 1537 sequestrating the Common Fund on the ground that "the Chapter-house is ruinous in walls, roof, and stonework generally, so that it is likely to fall.
Then you do not think that I am likely to menace the security of England with this craft?
Set a thief to catch a thief, and as likely as not they'll send a `catcher' out from Portsmouth, and a cruiser from Plymouth.
When we grasped the depths to which Prussian brutality was ready and willing to descend, we could not refrain from dwelling upon probable future tortures which were likely to be in store for us.
Indeed it was quite likely that he forgot all about you for a time, because the sentry at the door never raised the slightest interrogation concerning a prisoner within.
But as I sat there I reflected upon the limited carrying capacity of the Paderborn hospital van, and the circumstance that I was likelyto be crushed in with a host of typhus cases.
The presentation of the low death-rate is even likely to arouse doubt in the minds of the unsophisticated British at home.
Seeing that this unexpected obstacle waslikely to prejudice my position I grabbed the English text and thrust the German copy into my interpreter's hands.
He replied that he was directly opposite me, and he told me to look out for him whenever I got a chance, which, needless to say, under the stringency of my life, was not likely to be often.
As a matter of fact I learned subsequently that he had previously written six letters and post-cards to me, but none had reached me; most likely they had been intercepted and suppressed by the German authorities.
It is quite likely that the stockings were close-fitting and short, as was the style among the men.
It is more than likely that its decline was due in part to the women whom the Northmen brought with them.
Any female was likely to be stopped on the road and partially or altogether denuded of her clothing, and then sent on her way with taunts and jeers.
The discovery of this stranger was immediately productive of a very considerable amount of anxiety among us all, for she was a powerful vessel, and, if an enemy, likely to prove an exceedingly formidable antagonist.
Here, if anywhere, I thought I should be most likely to find the despatches which constituted the chief object of my search; and I accordingly made my way into the after-cabin.
It was positively frightful to merely contemplate such a very likely eventuality.
A handsome and roomy cot, slung on the starboard side, confirmed my impression that this must be the captain's private sanctum; and I at once looked round for a likely receptacle for papers of importance and other articles of value.
You'd have to conceal yourself among the bushes; and as there are very few people movin' about on the island you'd not be so very likely to be seen.
By this imprudent conduct he lost all hopes of marrying into a family, which, after such a proceeding, was not likely to listen to any proposal from him.
It was more than likely that he would frighten her, and that she would fly from him.
Not that I am at all likely to go to London," she said, with a laugh.
Heaven knows when we shall have lunch; they'll very likely consider that scramble downstairs as sufficient.
All the guests are leaving by the front of the house; we are not likelyto meet any one.
I'm not likelyto despise you for it, Luce," he said.
Sharpe called up early this morning to know when he would find you in, and I took the liberty of telling him that you would very likely be here at ten o'clock.
It must also float this bond issue, for it is likely to fall behind even on its salary list.
I think it very likely that the city council will offer the Keystone Construction Company the contract at its former figure, with the proper deductions for present progress.
It's a row of two blocks on the most notorious street of the town, frame shacks that are likely to be the start of a holocaust, any windy night, which will sweep the entire down-town district.
We have to find some incriminating evidence, and you'd be more likely to know how and where to look for it than any of us.
Projects and adventures, and especially such as promise mountains of profit in nubibus [in the clouds], and are therefore the more likely to ensnare the poor eager avaricious tradesman.
For a tradesman to borrow money upon interest, I take to be like a man going into a house infected with the plague; it is not only likely that he may be infected and die, but next to a miracle if he escapes.
Especially when they're likely to be cowards at heart!
But when they saw that their masters were likely to gain the day, they rushed from their place of concealment with such weapons as they could get, that they might have their share in the victory and in the spoil.
X During the early part of his present Majesty's reign I had some business with a distant relation who then lived on the Isle of Thanet; it was a family dispute, and not likely to be finished soon.
The Bruce was now within sight of Scotland, and not distant from his own family possessions, where the people were most likely to be attached to him.
He then caused all the ground upon the front of his line of battle, where cavalry were likely to act, to be dug full of holes, about as deep as a man's knee.
But nothing had been discovered likely to lead to the discovery of the assassin who had been ambushed in this manner.
But in spite of questioning and cross-questioning, nothing had been learned likely to show who had murdered the millionaire.
In spite of all his efforts, Inspector Darby, of Wanbury, could produce no evidence likely to show who had shot the deceased.
But neither by word of mouth, nor in print, was any suggestion made likely to afford the slightest clue to the name or the whereabouts of the assassin.
I don't think there is likely to be any trouble with these poor gypsies, Mrs. Belgrove," remarked Lady Agnes negligently.
The two gentlemen, happily for themselves, had a great quantity of plans and accounts of the church to look over together, which were likely to occupy them through the whole of Sir Edward's visit.
But then I am not likely to be disappointed, even if my castles in the air should fall down.
I thought they were not likely to promote the decoration of the new church,' said Anne.
Sincerity would be most likely to gain the day,' thought Mrs. Bouverie.
They are most likely to be estimable people, who ought to be amused.
Yes, for such an excitable impetuous creature is not likely to escape going wrong, without steady control from herself or from someone else,' said Lady Merton.
She looked down and coloured as she replied, 'Both my sisters are musical, and Helen is said to be likely to sing very well.
You know I am not likelyto be a long-lived person.
I do not think so, but in time he will inherit a large fortune; very likely he is over head and ears in debt.
I shall very likely not see you to-night, for I have an appointment at the Grand Turk with that precious young rascal, Toto Chupin.
Do you think it likely that old Nicholas Gandelu would ever have been ass enough to call his son Gaston?
He was dazzled at the glorious future held out before him, and said to himself that a man like Mascarin, unfettered by law, either human or Divine, would be most likely to achieve his ends.
She will mostlikely receive you with the utmost cordiality; but beware of being too sanguine.
The Duke most likely proposes to drop the affair; but, were I in his place, I should be afraid to find the boy, however much I might at one time have desired to do so.
Mascarin was so filled with rage on learning this piece of news, which seemed likely to interfere with his plans, that he struck his hand down heavily on the table.
He was dressed in a quilted dressing-gown, fur-lined shoes, and had on his head an embroidered cap, most likely the work of the hands of some one dear to him.
He may be in prison--the most likely thing for a lad who, at twelve years of age, ran away from a place where he was well treated.
Mademoiselle, at her age and with her tastes, is not likely to have her heart seriously engaged.
The greater number of the comparisons we make, the more general and the more certain our knowledge is likely to prove, as built upon a more extensive and perfect induction.
Not to lose ourselves in the infinite void of the conjectural world, our business is with what is likely to be affected, for the better or the worse, by the wisdom or weakness of our plans.
The share of infamy, that is likely to fall to the lot of each individual in public acts, is small indeed; the operation of opinion being in the inverse ratio to the number of those who abuse power.
They have put their army under such a variety of principles of duty, that it is more likely to breed litigants, pettifoggers, and mutineers, than soldiers.
I can form a tolerable estimate of what is likely to happen from a character chiefly dependent for fame and fortune on knowledge and talent, as well in its morbid and perverted state as in that which is sound and natural.
Those, who think themselves not likely to be encumbered with the performance of their promises, either from their known inability, or total indifference about the performance, never fail to entertain the most lofty ideas.
We are agreed, too, that the term ought not to be chosen most likely in its operation to spread corruption, and to augment the already overgrown influence of the Crown.
In every garrison there are garrison schools for soldiers under fully qualified army schoolmasters, while in the future there is likely to be a very great increase in educational facilities of all kinds for the rank and file of the army.
But this clever plan did not succeed so well in these low nut-trees as among the lofty branches of the oak, where a tumble to the ground would most likely have broken some of the adversary's bones.
One evening, just before bed-time, Brush was peering out at the entrance of his hole, as he often did before he curled himself up for the night, perhaps that he might see what sort of weather it was likely to be the next day.
From the description Brush had received of this animal, he knew at once that he was one Touchmenot, a hedgehog; and that though he was considered to be rather a queer-tempered fellow, he was not likely to do him any harm.
The men in the various turrets and casemates, as well as in all other parts of the ship where casualties are likely to occur in action, are trained to give first aid and carry their wounded to the nearest dressing-station.
It will occasionally strike into "green water," however, which is always likelyto shatter the ends of the blades, if nothing else.
The steward doing his marketing is about the only regular human link between a ship and the land, and his contact with those on shore is not of a characterlikely to be dangerous.
The next two seconds tell the tale, for if a seaplane "gets off the deck" properly, the rest of its flight is not likely to be "eventful.
What looked to me very much like a bullet wound in the side of the head struck me at once as the likelycause of his death.
With a wind much above thirty miles an hour, indeed, only a very real need is likely to induce a "mother ship" to loose her birds from the home nest.
Nothing but the coming of night or of a storm is likely to save that U-boat once we've spotted it.
Had it been anything more, it was not likelythat he would have prevailed against the will of a man who had done murder for his mistress.
And Benedetto, once I took off his beard with the razor Rena had insisted I bring for that purpose, would not be likely to be recognized by anyone.
All he got was sobbing pleas to let him go; all he was likely to get was more of the same.
More likely he was simply proceeding along what must always have been his basic assumption: The truth is wasted on the people.
They must have retired that particular counter from service after that; it wasn't likely to be very accurate any more.
Bery likely she's de Dey's forty-second wife by dis time.
As Foster walked along in the dark he thought a good deal about this, and felt convinced that Peter must have had some idea of the event that was likely to follow from his mission to the Bagnio.
Now dat he knows you's seed your fadder, he'll likely hab somet'ing 'tickler to say to you.
French, he knew, was the language most likely to be understood, but a girl with such magnificent black eyes must certainly be Spanish!
Bery likely you'll be whacked anyhow, but dat not so bad.
In the event of a contest, the more witnesses and depositions one can procure the more likely they are to win.
There is a strong rumor abroad that the Senator is to be a likely candidate for Governor: I certainly wish him every success.
Another enthusiast has said: 'If you want to come as near flying as we are likely to get in this generation, learn to ride on a pneumatic bicycle.
It is a sight well worth seeing and not likely to be forgotten--the thousands of letters heaped on the tables, and the hundreds of workers as hard at work as it is possible for them to be.
In the future, light vessels of great speed, armed with quick-firing guns, are likely to be the order of the day.
I fear the idea of a National University, as affairs now stand in Ireland, is not likely to become a reality with results that could be deemed hopeful.
The one is, that the transformation is likely to be most successful if it is gradually effected.
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