Brouillard gave the distance, and Mr. Cortwright measured the visible trail grades with a deprecatory eye.
The time he took to eat his hurried meals at Bongras's could be measured in minutes, and what hours he gave to sleep no man knew, since he was the last to leave the headquarters at night and the first on the work in the morning.
Wesley Croesus Measured even by the rather exacting standards of the mining and cattle country, Brouillard was not what the West calls "jumpy.
Something in the measured eye-sweep brought him to his feet with a hasty exclamation: "Good Lord!
My love isn't measured by a fear of consequences--to myself or others.
Past these material facts, plainly to be seen and weighed and measuredby any who would take the time to consider them, there was a strictly human argument which was even more significant.
The elevation of this book may be measured by observing how certainly all observation of thought clothes itself in the words and forms of speech of that book.
It was a trying walk, a walk to bemeasured by ups and downs, for the Derryveigh hamlets were widely scattered.
He condemned all the policy of the Government toward Ireland in no measured terms.
In conversation on board these sentiments came up often, and with enthusiasm, and captain and crew, and the stout ship met with no measured praise.
He denounced in no measured terms the union of Church and State, blaming this for the prevalent unbelief.
The angle, as stated by Cuvier, for different ages, were measured upon different individuals; if it were estimated upon the same persons at different epochs of his life, the result would be entirely different.
Yet has she not the almost measured proportions and the brilliant air of the preceding species; nor has she the qualities of the succeeding one.
Whenever in such motions grace is actually perceived, I think it will always be found to be in slow, and, if I may use the expression, in restrained or measured motions.
Upon this principle, Pythagoras determined the height of Hercules, by the length of the feet with which he measured the Olympic stadium at Elis.
It is the gentle waving of the tree in slow and measured cadence which is graceful, not the tossing of its branches amid the storm.
Many before Galileo had seen a suspended weight swing before their eyes with a measured beat; but he was the first to detect the value of the fact.
With him he carefully measured some of the most celebrated statues in Rome, more particularly the 'Antinous:' and it is supposed that this practice exercised considerable influence on the formation of his future style.
Worldly success, measured by the accumulation of money, is no doubt a very dazzling thing; and all men are naturally more or less the admirers of worldly success.
Luke scowled darkly, but the keen eyes that measured him did not waver.
Swiftly his black eyes measured the Martian's giant body, and then they swung to Luke.
Overly optimistic, Luke's new boss had struck out at the chunky, red-headed Earthman during an inconsequential argument and had promptlymeasured his length in a sand pile as a hamlike fist crashed home in return.
Surely the eyes of the Chief met the eyes of Bhanavar as when the brightest stars of midnight are doubled in a clear dark lake, and he sang in measured music: 'Shall I counsel the moon in her ascending?
It may have been of this Pinto was thinking as he plodded along with the measured gait of the seasoned patrolman.
Culligore took a spiral tape measure from the little black box he always carried when at work on a homicide case and measured the width of the narrow sash.
His wrath was excited in no measured terms against the re-marriage of his old friend Mrs Thrale, the news of which he heard this summer.
One of the publishers to whom Johnson applied for employment measured with a scornful eye that athletic though uncouth frame, and exclaimed, "You had better get a porter's knot and carry trunks.
I do not know any other author whose writings so perfectly reproduce his character, or whose character may be more certainly measured by his writings.
A measured tread proclaimed itself, drew nearer, and a policeman passed their hiding-place.
She went to bemeasured for a gown and could not support the tedium of the operation.
The little town's electricity is usually a byproduct of some manufacturing plant, and current is often sold at so much per light per month, instead of being measured by meter.
Then he raised his eyes, measured the distance and turning the reata forcibly round his head, hurled it into Dona Anita's balcony.
And, after bowing once more to the two, the lepero went off majestically, followed by his four acolytes, with measured steps.
All that this gentleman says is most perfectly true: it is easy to see that he has a great experience of Indian warfare, and has often measured himself with Indios bravos.
He is neutral--not because he wishes not to believe, or desires to deny, but because serious language should be measured by the standard of proof and conviction.
Is it over his noble tomb that we are to write, "Here lies a Dodger," because he invented an honest term to denote the measured knowledge of honest thinkers?
Even as he measured his long length on the ground, I had seized the controls, and the aeroplane spurted fifty yards ahead of him.
At this juncture he involuntarily measured the distance between himself and the log.
Kennedy said this with measured words, and I felt a thrill run through me as he developed his case.
When much accuracy is not required vertical angles can be measured by means of a quadrant of simple construction, represented in Fig.
Watching as a hunter watches a hawk, Red measured the distance, dashed a clean twenty yards, gathered the ball in his arms and, never pausing, sped on toward the goal line.
The position of the button is measured by drawing the right end of the band one inch over the left end.
All the materials should be measured and ready before beginning to combine the ingredients.
It should be straightened, pulled in place, and measured carefully.
Three quarters of an inch should be measured on this fold, and the material cut from the end of the selvage to this point, in order to slope the front of the apron.
Some of his former Radical friends and associates especially denounce in no measured terms his unpardonable heresy in departing from what they consider was his old political path.
The lad was sent by his father, an English settler, in company with two boys of his own age, the sons of neighbours, to be measured for a pair of shoes.
He measuredyoung Brown for a strong pair of winter boots, and the boys returned on their homeward path, shouting and laughing in the glee of their hearts.
Their midnight anthem of praise is a sacred and beautiful offering to Him, whose vast existence is not meted out like ours, and measured by days and years.
By counting the strokes which occur during a given period of time, the number of revolutions during that period can readily be ascertained, and from that the velocity of the current to be measured can be computed in the usual way.
Such of the petals as are destined for the production of orange flower water and neroli are put into a still through a large canvas chute, and are covered with water, which is measured by the filling of reservoirs on the same floor.
Jerry cut one slice of ham, he measured out just enough coffee for one person, he opened one can of corn, and he mixed a half-pan of biscuits.
She measured the burly frame of the young man at her side and the vindictiveness died out of her expression.
Rouletta paid and took; she measured stacks of counters with unerring facility, she overlooked no bets.
Sir Matthew did not seem by this announcement to raise his dignity greatly in the eyes of the servant, who walked away, with slow and measured steps, to make the proposed application.
The procession, however, continued on with slow and measured step, in cadence to the solemn chant, and the warriors maintained their fixed and stern demeanor.
