He need not aim solelyand directly at the good of the shop; for the simple reason that the shop is not aiming solely and directly at the good of the nation.
It is believed by antiquarians to be the remains of some system of self-government; but it consistssolely in asking the citizen questions about everything except what he understands.
And when I look across the sun-struck fields, I know in my inmost bones that my joy is not solely in the spring, for spring alone, being always returning, would be always sad.
That depends in no way on the soil and the atmosphere, but solely on opinion, that fickle queen of the world.
Maybe we still have a few Cartesians in France; that is solely because Descartes' system is a tissue of erroneous and ridiculous imaginings.
Finally, it is quite evident that it is our souls which are under the clergy's care, solelyfor spiritual things.
So far from being ready to die at Upper Dam, her desire now was to live there--and to live solely for the sake of fishing--as long as the season was open.
It is necessarily not for publication,--solely an evidence of good faith and mutual kindness.
Has music deserted us to dwell solely in the camps of the gypsying world?
It follows unavoidably, we repeat, that the sovereignty which remains in the several States must be looked for solely in the exception.
We shall look, therefore, solely to the compact itself, as the most certain mode of ascertaining what was done.
The ideas from time to time conceived by the rulers of Russia for the unification of the Principalities were based solely on selfish aims and considerations.
I offer my opinion here as if I were a Roumanian, and not a German Minister, solely on account of my personal interest for his Highness!
I am no blind eulogist of Bismarck, but he is indispensable to Germany and Prussia, and aimssolely at great ends and means.
Guizot says: 'There are times when nations are swayed by their desires beyond all else, and others where they act solely in accordance with their fears.
One day is very much like another, and we live solely according to the 'Kur.
People live solely to enjoy their lives--et voilà tout.
Rolandsen made no secret of the fact that he kept all these medicaments about solely to mask the smell of the quantities of braendevin he was always drinking.
She has left the big house at Rosengaard and come out here wholly and solely to make things a little comfortable for her father during his stay.
Possibly Boscobel was not so diligently searched as other houses were, owing to its being solely in the care of servants at the time, so less suspicion fell on it.
In spite of its ugliness, and very ugly it is, to that town I often repair solelyfor the sake of that inn, not forgetting its worthy host, who might have stepped out of some novel by Dickens or Ainsworth or James.
He wished still to rely solely on judicious interference in the affairs of Charles and Francis for England’s safety.
His immediate object was solely political safety; the ultimate result was the loosening of some of the strongest bonds of Romanism, and the opening of the road for the incoming of the new religion.
That Calais was not lost to England under the incompetent management of Lisle (whose actions from first to last were too much influenced by the whims of a foolish wife), was solely due to the guidance which he received from Cromwell.
Cromwell advised the King to shake off his allegiance to the Pope, solely because he saw that a divorce from Katherine of Aragon could never be obtained from Clement VII.
He was certain, he said, that the King’s troubles were solely due to the weakness of his advisers, who listened to the opinions of the common herd, and did not dare to act upon their own responsibility.
The one would have been necessarily both political and religious (for we have seen that the Lutherans had always refused to join with England until a satisfactory theological agreement could be made), while the other was solely political.
It was rendered possible solely by the movement of events over which he had no control, and he could have scarcely anticipated it.
He carried out all his schemes solely from political motives; the religious, the emotional side left him absolutely untouched; the practical, the politically serviceable aspect of the case, alone appealed to him.
It was not even difficult to give her a lover by setting an eligible suitor to pay her court with an ostensible political motive; but as soon as she accepted him, she loved him solely and faithfully, and she owned to Mdme.
Occupied solely with innocent gallantry and the homage of the most refined society of the day, she allowed herself in all else to be led by her father and her elder brother.
He will enjoy purchasing his own clothing even more than using the money solely for his pleasures.
Her aims were as restricted as her intellect, and she livedsolely in the present, and any future, however brilliant, seemed to her too dearly purchased at the price of present tranquillity.
Madame Moronval was inclined to call in another physician, but the principal, less compassionate, and unwilling to incur the additional expense, determined to leave the case solely in the hands of Dr.
The colour of the skin, hair, and eyes, variessolely according to the influence of climate.
The akouchi confines itselfsolely to large forests; he feeds upon fruits, and has the same natural habits as the agouti.
It is pretended that the English or Saxon sound of u requires the pronunciation, edzhucation, natshure, and yet it is introduced almost solely into Latin and French words.
The English use may and might solely in their writing; but mought is still pronounced in some parts of America.
Yet it is an undoubted fact that the drawling nasal manner of speaking in New England arises almost solely from these causes.
Kenrick, who was not guided solely by the fashion of the day, but paid some regard to the regular construction of the language.
The practice of good writers and speakers is almost wholly in favor of to, and this is good authority; the propriety of the English particles depending almost solely on their use, without any reference to Latin rules.
The narrator of this tale confesses that he has taken this account of his raid through the vales of Esk and Annan solely from tradition, as well as the attack made on the two conventicles, where the Pringles, &c.
He knew well that Arthur would not have so spoken to any other of the men employed, perhaps not to any of the officials; he felt it was solely due to his own personal qualities that he was dealt with thus.
They tend solelyto take all power from me and my agents, and to relax that discipline which, in such a concern as this, is a question of paramount importance.
He seemed to look upon her as quite uninterested in the matter, and addressed himself solely to his father.
Beyond this all is arrogant presumption, and due solely to their leader Hartmann.
He had shown himself indifferent to a wife who, as he believed, had married him solely with a view to his wealth.
But do not think that I grieve solely because of our parting.
Let them not, therefore, think that in any remarks he might make, or charges he might bring forward, he had any intention of implicating his opponent as being solely responsible for these results.
The question was not American; it existed solely between the slaveholder and the world.
Missionaries are employed solely for their benefit.
Instead of the Americans proceeding in their conduct towards the colored people with any reference either to the divine laws or the divine decrees, they act solely under the influence of their pride and prejudice.
In many instances the bad laws had become worse, and good laws had become bad, solely through the imprudent conduct of Mr. Thompson's associates.
It was almost needless to explain that the American revenue was at present and had been for many years past, derived solely from the sale of public lands, and from the customs or duties levied on imported articles of various kinds.
But the symbolism, referring in this case, as I have already said, solely to the great design of Freemasonry, the nature of that design at once suggests itself as a preliminary subject of inquiry in the investigation.
It was solely the result of a certain little course of management on the part of her escort, who availed himself of every opportunity of widening the distance between his fair companion and the other members of the party.
The Essenes say, "Lay up nothing on earth, but fix your mindsolely on heaven.
Most self-evidently false is his statement, based solely on scriptural ground.
I recollect another queer, stupid, fat-faced individual, a country shopkeeper from Connecticut, who had come over to England solely to have an interview with the queen.
This had to be revolutionised entirely in the minds of men, therefore Lutheranism depends solely on the Bible.
The autobiographical parts of the "Biographia" are confined solely to his intellectual experiences, and the influences to which his life was subjected.
Thus was Johnson employed during some of the best years of his life, solely to obtain an honest support.
I put up with life solely because it afforded material for versification; and, in reality, believed the destruction of Troy was providentially ordained lest Homer lack subject matter for an epic.
A bed or two solely devoted to them will occasionally prove very effective; but enormous meaningless masses of them, containing perhaps several hundred plants of one variety, are things to avoid and not to imitate.
The vegetation of the islands and of the margins of the water was composed almost solely of these, and the effect quite unlike anything usually seen in the open air in this country.
What a queer town this is," said Carrie, who marvelled at it solely because it was not like Chicago.
This was brought about solely by the arrangement of the flats, which were united in one place, as it were, by the dumb-waiter.
Remove the element so thoroughly and solely complained of--liquor--and there would not be one to gainsay the qualities of beauty and enthusiasm which would remain.
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