Clemens wrote him almost daily, and upon every matter, small or large, that developed, or seemed likely to develop, in his undertakings.
After all, he seemed likely to overdo it to spoil everything with a cheap joke at the end.
He acquired an appetite for history in general, the record of any nation or period; he seemed likely to become a student.
Moreover, these features, and even the Grant book itself, seemed likely to dwindle in importance by the side of The Life of Pope Leo XIII.
But then Sacco was a minister, and had sped so quickly from success to success that it seemed likely he would rise yet higher, and, after the portfolio of Agriculture, secure that of Finances, which he had long coveted.
He was then just going into winter quarters; but, it was stated that he had brought the war into such a state, that if he were not prevented by a intercessor, he seemed likely to complete it in the course of the ensuing summer.
It seemed likely at this time that a general reconciliation would put an end to the quarrels which had, during some years, weakened and disgraced the government of Bengal.
At the same time, there was a way in which it seemed likely that he might be of use to the government.
Giving other people wrong impressions passed with him for discretion, and his soul being incapable of a generous thought, he seemed likely to pass through life without knowing what friendship meant.
She told me in the morning that she felt all had been for the best, as if she had given way at first she could never have made up her mind to accept the young Genoese, though he seemed likely to make her happy.
There was an odd disposition, too, on the part of some Republicans to indorse popular sovereignty, now that itseemed likely to exclude slavery from the Territories.
The completion of the canal between Lake Michigan and the Illinois River, however much it might contribute to the general welfare of the State, seemed likely to profit the northern rather than the southern portion.
There was a moment in this odd alliance when it seemed likely to become more than a temporary fusion of interests.
All he could do would be to avert the humiliation which the moment seemed likely to bring down on her.
He seemed likely, indeed, to bring all this extensive territory under the power of the Protestants.
But there was one fear that seemed likely to overcome all his martial impulses.
Nothing less than the financial ruin of the prince and the admiral, who had voluntarily become sureties, seemed likelyto satisfy their enemies.
As he seemed likely to go further, enraged as he was, if they paid him no regard, he was kindly received by the Gabians.
Liberty was now deplored as lost forever: no champion of it stood forth, or seemed likely to do so.
As almost the whole maritime force of France was in the Mediterranean, and as it seemed likely that an attempt would be made on Barcelona in the following year, Russell received orders to winter at Cadiz.
Vauban was charged with the duty of putting the defences in order; and, under his skilful direction, batteries were planted which commanded every spot where it seemed likely that an invader would attempt to land.
If that stage, with its grossness and ribaldry, seemed likely to become permanently estranged from the tastes and sympathies of the educated classes, the fault was by no means entirely its own and that of its patron the populace.
Lincoln, however, did wreck it, at a time when it seemed likely to succeed, and it is most probable that thereby he caused the Civil War.
In the years from 1830 till some time after the death of Lincoln, America made those contributions to the literature of our common language which, though neither her first nor her last, seemed likely to be most permanently valued.
That rebellion, it seemed likely, would completely subside after a decisive defeat or two of the Southern forces.
For it seemed likely, in the complete silence now, that whoever had fired had disposed of his adversary and was undisturbed.
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