His services had raised him to the proudest height which it was possible for a man, by his own efforts, to attain.
By moderation, equally ill-timed, he now wished to repair if possible the consequences of his haughtiness; and thus committed a second error in endeavouring to repair the first.
While this tremendous cannonade drove the Bavarians from the opposite bank, he caused to be erected a bridge over the river with all possible rapidity.
Carroll expostulated; but it was evident that his companion was right, and next morning he started for the inlet, taking with him the smallest possible portion of their provisions.
Had you been a man of different stamp, it's possiblethat I might have been driven into taking the risk.
She had now and then left the drowsy dale for a while; but the life she had then caught glimpses of was equally sheltered, one possible only to the favoured few.
I think I am as moved as it is possible for me to be," he said.
Afterwards it's possible she will favour me with her opinion.
It's possible to grow furiously indignant with the restraints stereotyped people lay on one; but on the whole it's wiser to bow to them and chuckle.
He was preoccupied and eager, but fully aware of the need for coolness, because it was very possible that he might fail in the task he had in hand.
Horsfield waited expectantly, and Vane went on: "If it seems possible that we can profitably increase our output later by means of further capital, we'll put up a smelter.
Chisholm and his wife had blundered as such people often do, for it is possible that had they adopted a perfectly neutral attitude everything would have gone as they desired.
Of course, I mean what it implies--the power to take life easily and get as much enjoyment as possible out of it.
In that case it might be as well to stay in Vancouver as much as possible and keep your eye on him.
I've been acting the uncivilised Westerner, though it's possible that I rather strained the part.
It's very possible that I may do so," he informed his comrade.
He did not confine himself to his laboratory work, however, but seems always to have felt that the contact of minds engaged along the same lines was the best possible way to be stimulated to knowledge.
This was an apparatus as simple as possible and from which no one but Volta could possibly have promised any results.
It comprised nearly two hundred pages, and gives the best possible insight into the ability and intelligence of the author, then a young man of only twenty-eight.
It must be possible so to conceive the structure of physical bodies that, along with the properties of the first class, at the same time and necessarily those of the second shall be given.
One of his private tutors said of him: "It is not possible for Maxwell to think incorrectly on physical subjects.
His friends could harbor only the worst possible expectations for him, and even his physical health suffered so much that it seemed he would not long survive.
In the preface to the first volume, he declared that he would devote himself to it at every possible opportunity, and that he hoped that God would spare him to complete it.
We have gotten far away from this early graduation, although it is still sometimes possible in Italian universities; and one of the brightest men I ever knew was an Italian who had graduated with a degree equivalent to our A.
These papers probably contain the best possible proof of Faraday's genius as an experimentalist and a leader in scientific observation.
He was not only liberal in giving alms, but made it a point to visit frequently the houses of the poor and help them as much as possible by counsel and suggestion.
His mother especially was known for an unalterable sweetness of character and charitable beneficence which sought out every possible occasion for its exercise.
It was on account of the isolation which they practised that it was possible for the extravagant calumnies which were circulated as to their rule and riches to gain belief.
All the really great work done by the Society of Jesus seemed to have been forgotten, and every vulgar fable which it was possible to invent to their prejudice found ready acceptance upon every side.
Vieyra, the great Portuguese Jesuit, said that all miracles were possible to God, but yet that he had never heard that our Lord had ever cured anyone of folly.
The concilium de Auxiliis was held to determine whether or not `concordia' was possible between freewill and grace.
As a means to secure the confidence of the Indians, the Jesuits found themselves obliged to communicate as rarely as possible with the Spanish settlements.
In good faith, Madam, is it possible to feel that the God of the Christians is entitled to our love?
Extricate yourself as soon as possible from that state of incertitude and languor, from that alternative of despondency and trouble, in which you are immersed.
I shall not examine how it is possible for God to have a Son, who, being as much a God as himself, can be subject to death.
Interested, however, as they are in the opinions which they endeavor to force upon us as truth, is it possible for these priests to believe them themselves?
These, at least, are the ideas which divines wish us to form respecting the creation, if such a thing were possible as that of possessing a clear idea of a pure spirit producing matter.
Is it possible to feel any other sentiments than those of aversion towards a partial, capricious, cruel, revengeful, jealous, and sanguinary tyrant?
Is it possible to found the holy duties of humanity on a God whose favorites have been inhuman persecutors and cruel monsters?
Do you, can you, by any possible chance, belong to me?
It doesn't seempossible that a time can ever come when I shall be content to wear cashmere boots and sleep on a verandah while other people play in the sun.
How shall one dare to put a limit to what is possible even in material things?
What to another man would have been a secret between himself and his banker weighed so heavily on Robert Gloucester's candid soul that he must needs blurt it out on the first possible occasion.
You did not trouble about him; why should I give up everything for the sake of possible children?
A telegram of warning had been dispatched to Mr and Mrs Goring, but it was not possible that they could reach the secluded village before late in the afternoon.
We all have themes, on which we fall back on every possible pause of the conversation.
If Piers willed a thing it did not seem possible that he could fail.
For her sake I should have stayed in town and been as nice as possible to Robert Gloucester.
Well, he told us to sit against the wall at the far end of the room, and each to write something as personal as possible on slips of paper, which were afterwards to be shuffled and handed round.
I have already remarked that it (Expenses of this trip about five is still possible to live well in francs a day each.
After the two gentlemen of Bologna, we overtook a group of merry peasants, coats slung over their shoulders for no possible reason but the sake of picturesqueness, and hats adorned with gay pompons of colored paper and tinsel.
Hartshorn is one of the best possible ingredients for plate powder for daily use.
Tame pigeons should be cooked as soon as possible after they are killed, as they very quickly lose their flavor.
Then with a large spoon, drop the batter upon a baking tin, which has been buttered and floured, being careful to have the cakes as nearly the same size as possible and resembling in shape the half of a peach.
If possible get near a fire where there is no wind blowing, and dry off gradually, instead of cooling off suddenly, which is always dangerous.
Mix in a bottle, shake thoroughly, and bathe the sprain as soon as possible after the accident.
A heavy weight should be put upon it until it is dry, when it is only possible to discover the mended place by careful observation.
Keep the temperature as nearly even as possibleand add a teaspoonful of flour once or twice during the process of fermentation.
Care must be taken to let the least possibleair enter the sourcrout and to have the cover perfectly clean.
Yolks of eight eggs beaten to the lightest possible cream, two cupfuls of sugar, a pinch of salt, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted well with flour.
Rub these as smooth as possible before introducing the oil; a good measure of oil is a tablespoonful to each yolk of raw egg.
It is, therefore, essential to the success of these culinary operations to know the most complete and economical method of extracting from a certain quantity of meat the best possible stock or broth.
It should be put in the oven as soon as possible after putting in the soda and whites of eggs.
To test it, take up a very small quantity as quickly as possible directly from the centre, taking care not to disturb it any more than is necessary.
Even the bare knowledge of them gives attractiveness to a woman, though the practice of them may be only possible or otherwise according to the circumstances of each case.
But Vatsyayana lays it down that whenever it is possible a man should always act himself in these matters, and it is only when such is impracticable, or impossible, that female messengers should be employed.
It is possible that he was retained about the person of the wealthy and dissipated as a kind of private instructor, as well as an entertaining companion.
Lady Brenton was clearly out of the case now, for it was not possible that she could have committed the actual murder, even in her sleep, so the case had narrowed down once more.
But it had hardly closed upon his figure when Dollops was up and round the back to see whether it were not possible to effect an entrance of his own.
Would it be possibleto identify the finger-prints, Dr.
It is surely possible to live without thought, but not to think, without active life.
Let fortune hurl any man into the burning centre of a movement that had swept every barrier down, it were surely not possible to reveal a finer character or loftier spirit.
Is it possible for a man to smile in his hatred and not borrow the smile of love?
The paramount duty of all is to throw our conception of duty into clearest possible light.
A glimpse of the open ocean with the setting sun makes you feel that it ispossible to up anchor and go, sooner or later--somewhere.
But is it possible I saw all these things in one day!
It is possible we will have a good evening, and talk lots of shop, for we all know far more about it now, than we did then; but it was what we did not know, that gave the charm to student days.
My experience has been that of a tourist, but I have returned satisfied that it is quite possible to see, hear, and understand all that vitally concerns our rule in India in six months' time.
Getting off at Calcutta was indescribable--if possible worse than the embarkation--a sauve qui peut.
If I had not seen Mr Talbot Kelly's book on Egypt I could hardly have believed itpossible that the delicate schemes of colour we see in the desert as we pass through the canal could be painted and reproduced in colour in a book.
Some failed and fell by the wayside, but they were the smallestpossible percentage.
When I was twenty, a gift from father added to my savings and made possible the realization of one of my dreams.
I had not thought it possible that Tom's mother could understand my feeling for my mother and my honest pride in her real worth.
The conditions that have made its existence possible have developed in this country within about twelve years.
The less, the better' is a watchword which all may use, and the wise will interpret it in a way which will infallibly preserve them altogether from all possible danger from such a source.
Now, nature has put these organs, charged with so important work, as far away as possible from any source of irritation.
The user of them is in considerable danger of cultivating a taste for alcohol, and certainly, there is the greatest possible danger to any one having had the appetite, of reviving it.
It should be remembered that it is not possible to violate the laws which relate to the physical well-being, and then escape the natural penalty of transgression by swallowing a few doses of medicine.
That boy who is determined to become brilliant in his studies, no matter what their nature, or to master a difficult profession, or to attain any point possible of attainment, is sure to win, if he will but stick to it.
Nick was rarely if ever allowed to extend her a helping hand in her lessons, and she was given to understand that whatever was possible for her to do must be done without the aid of any one.
The first real thrill of alarm came to the lad, when he recalled that if a fire should appear, he and his sister were in the worst possible position: there were three miles of forest behind and five in front.
An' bein' it is something, it's possibleas you says that Dave's intellects is onhossed.
However is anybody goin' to be a slave where thar's as near nothin' to do in the way of work as is possible an' let a hooman live?
They gets their nose a little lower one time an' then stands higher in the air another, than is possible to the next best buck.
Those who think it possible will always tell you that the place to work this miracle is in the South.
The thing is possible and difficult to disprove, but a sequence of crimes through such an organization seems alien to the Negro's habits, and is at least unlikely.
Some of these papers are well edited, and all of them have discovered the great secret of modern journalism, which is to put as many proper names as possible into the paper.
Though a voter, and a possible candidate for office, he was accustomed to accept the candidates set up by the slave-holding aristocracy.
Quite beyond the injustice of the practice, it has been a damage to the South because it checks a possible current of immigration.
A comparison is, however, possible between the ordinary course of justice in the South and in the North.
If the Negroes cannot be replaced, is it not possible to segregate them into districts of their own?
The Spanish general knew that his adversary had the superiority in cavalry, and that within this compressed apace it would not be possible to derive much advantage from the circumstance.
It was, however, notpossible to apply these hypocritical measures of conciliation immediately.
It seemed already necessary for Louis to abandon his hopes of Maestricht, but he was at least desirous of crossing the river in that neighbourhood, in order to effect his junction with the Prince at the earliest possible moment.
How was it possible that, thus cradled in love, she should not live!
It was impossible for her to travel on horseback, so a carriage had to be hired, and everything done to ensure the least possible fatigue for her.
It was a wild life and a daring one; but when Rupert heard of the war with the Dutch, and a possible war with the French, he set sail for the west.
There were still several hours of daylight left, and Tom counted on them to allow him to rise in the air and look down on the tanks possible hiding place.
That will be the worst possible way I could do it, and if old Tank A stands the gaff I'll know she's a little bit nearer all right.
The engine had stopped, and the cessation of the thundering noise made it possible for Tom and his passenger to talk without the use of the speaking tube.
Mr. Damon, as Ned jumped out of his small runabout at the Swift home as soon as possible after receiving the telephone message that seemed to presage something wrong.
I must own, (notwithstanding the revenge I have so solemnly vowed,) that I would very fain have made for her a merit with myself in her returning favour, and have owed as little as possible to the mediation of Captain Tomlinson.
Happy, with a sigh, as it is now possible she can be!
Let me beg of you, Madam, to favour me with your company as often as possiblewhile he is hereabouts, and I remain here.
Hence, perhaps, it is not difficult to believe, that it became possible for such a wretch as this to give way to his old prejudices against marriage; and to that revenge which had always been a first passion with him.
As little foreign aid as possible in my amorous conflicts has always been a rule with me; though here I have been obliged to call in so much.
As Lady Betty will be here soon, it will not perhaps be possible for you to receive her visit with a brow absolutely serene.
