The latter's unequaled public experience and discipline of intellect doubtless seemed, to Van Buren's precise and orderly mind, eminent qualifications for the first office in the land.
This was in precise accord with the attitude of the clerk, hotly abused as he was by Adams and others who adopted his position.
His self-command was not stilted or unduly precise or correct.
The modern system of precise and proportional representations was not yet known.
A general view of the precise intention aimed at in the particular register must determine the extensiveness of the form the register is to compass.
Precise centring is thus obtained without the slightest risk of damaging the photographic or other exhibit by the sharp point of the compasses, which have, at the same time, free swing.
In a few cases, especially in the feet patterns, often a very plain character, parallel or slightly wavy lines of no precise design, so to speak, may be found.
If they persist to older childhood we shall find in an increasing percentage of cases evidence of definite neuropathic tendencies which urgently call for investigation and for a precise appreciation of the nature of the abnormality.
We are still ignorant of the precise nature of the infection which we know as rheumatism.
At that precise instant in time, and at that instant only, blastoff would place them on the proper hyper-space orbit.
Hence, therefore, some practitioners lay considerable stress on ascertaining the precise form of the abdomen as a means of determining what sort of labour the patient will have.
These cases are, however, of very rare occurrence, and we must be entirely guided by circumstances, it being impossible to lay down any precise rules for their treatment.
Hunter has described this point more minutely, and gives still more precise notions of the manner in which the arteries pass to the placenta.
The circumstances under which it happens that we are able to ascertain theprecise date of impregnation occur so rarely, that it is nearly impossible to collect any considerable number of such cases.
Where, either from the pressure of the uterus or other circumstances, it is difficult to distinguish the precise position of the child, it will be better to follow Dr.
To draw the precise line of demarcation, however, will be nearly if not quite impossible; and, as in cases of slighter deformity, we must take many other circumstances into consideration which we have already mentioned.
The first stage terminates with the full dilatation of the os uteri; the rupture of the membranes is a change which is necessarily more or less uncertain, as to the precise period of labour at which it takes place.
A case of fluctuating tumour upon a child's head has been described by Mauriceau, (Case 544,) but the precise nature of it is not very apparent.
She did not go back to Switzerland, because she very shortly married the precise young drygoods-clerk who wore the white cravat.
And all the time Corot pere wore the white cravat, a precise smile for customers and an austere look for his family.
But they had no precise information; they were losing their heads; the thought that they were thus risking their fortune on a throw, in complete ignorance of what was happening, brought a cold perspiration to their brows.
Aristide was in the habit of listening at the doors of the Sub-Prefecture, in order to get precise information, for he felt that he was groping in the dark, and clung to the intelligence which he gleaned from the officials.
Shut up in his far away province, without a guide, without any precise information, he felt quite lost.
Here, as in other cases, I copy theprecise language of the authority, without adding a word.
Their precise influence it is impossible to calculate.
I introduce these comparisons that I may bring home to your minds, as nearly as possible, the preciseposition and character of the territory which was the seat of the evil I am about to describe.
Could Seward learn how to be earnest, precise and clear, without spread-eagleism?
The document is clear, logical, precise and not wordy: not in the style of the State Department logomachy.
Let the country know the precise nature of that same accident, and the manner, time, and place of its occurrence!
It is impossible for us to assign a precise date to them, or at least to most of them, but the displays of physical activity and courage which they record would lead us to ascribe them to a much earlier period.
But, as far as the procedures within PRS and the relationship between the Secret Service, the FBI, and other Federal agencies, that will come up later on in other witnesses who are more familiar with the precise workings.
Are you able to fix theprecise time of the assassination?
Now, at the time of the second shot were you able to observe anything at that precise instant?
Of course, to reach precise figures we would need experiments and similar circumstances with the same type ammunition at the same distance through two human cadavers, which I did not do.
Would you now mark on the same exhibit the preciseposition of your car as closely as you can recollect it when you heard the third shot with a letter "Z"?
What is your best estimate of the speed of the President's car at the precise time of the first shot, Mr. Hill?
I would like to have you mark in the aerial shot the precise location of that building with the initials "TS.
Here is a precisepicture of our days as passed at present.
Locke’s method of precisenaturalistic observation is in itself legitimate; for man is plainly subject to the natural law.
Unfortunately he verges towards the pseudo-classic in his distrust of color, of the precise word and the vivid descriptive epithet.
Instead of working out new and firm distinctions between good and evil, the Rousseauist seeks to discredit all precise distinctions whether new or old, in favor of mere emotional intoxication.
Taking as his point of departure the precise observations that science was accumulating, he sought to formulate mathematically the natural law.
The passage again in which Faust breaks down all precise discrimination in favor of mere emotional intoxication is an extreme example of the Rousseauistic art of “making madness beautiful.
One can do this only by piecing out precise observation and experiment with dogmatic rationalism.
An extent and variety of knowledge and accomplishments,” said Lieutenant Fid, “which had the preciseeffect of blasting his prospects in life.
Plato, having drawn the model of a commonwealth with a code of laws as precise as positive enactment can prescribe, goes on to say that for conduct in ordinary life which law cannot reach there is the further rule of religion.
It is of great importance when this tattle about science is mentioned that we should attach to the phraseprecise ideas.
The precise circumstances under which Disraeli himself made his exit are not known to me, but his stay at Walthamstow was a brief one, and he left to complete his education at home.
There is, at the same time, documentary evidence that Lincoln had been continually urging this precise plan on all his generals.
Biographers differ as to the precise number of votes in the New Salem precinct, but by Nicolay and Hay it is given as 277 for, and three against.
It shows that he had the better command ofprecise English.
Their precise tenor, as a matter of course, can only be conjectured, but Jack was confident they were of a complimentary character, for the heartiness which he showed must have pleased them.
The student and that interesting person "the general reader" have a better understanding than formerly of the uses and peculiarities of books, and look for precise information concerning them.
To give a title-entry is an easy method of disposing of a book when its precise subject is not readily discerned.
At the precise instant when he put his latchkey in the door the door was pulled away from him by a hand within, and he saw a woman of about thirty-five, plump but not stout, in a blue sateen dress, bonneted but not gloved.
Mr. Haim presented his well-known worn cigarette-case, and then with precise and calm gestures carefully shut the door.
As he went deeper into anthropology, he was struck by the fact that this science lacked a leading thread and was guided by no general idea but reduced to mere measurements, very precise and detailed, it is true.
What is the use of being able to foretell, by means of the proportion of urea in the blood, the precise moment of the death of an "azotemic" patient when you cannot prevent it or cure him?
I defy the reader to point out any other revenue, or any other precise and defined scheme of politics, which he assigns for our redemption.
The precise amount of such sums cannot be ascertained; but they can hardly be reckoned less than thirteen or fourteen hundred thousand pounds.
On the street he was indistinguishable from other debonair young men of good social position; in his laboratory he was a master, absorbed, reticent, and precise of plan.
His voice was as languid as his limbs, but his words were preciseand to their mark.
