He who supposes that a current of air put in motion can be turned aside by another current, or by the atmosphere at rest, or can be made to mingle, is mistaken.
He who supposes that the restless activity and energy of the people of the United States is the result of habit, or education, or any fortuitous circumstances alone, is mistaken.
But while Mr. George denies that there is anything to force people to poorer soils, he supposes at the same time that they go freely in order to get a less profit.
That is what Mr. George supposes to be done every day, although he laughs at the idea of there being any necessity for doing it.
But Mr. George persuades himself that they would answer it otherwise, and devotes the next section of his book to an elaborate confutation of the false answers he supposes they would return to it.
Salmasius, if I mistake not, supposesthe original word to have been bachelors, young unmarried men.
It only recognizes and supposes the one original impulse given at the beginning, to account for the cause of the continually existing, and exerted power of the Centrifugal Force.
For with the present conception of a frictionless Aether, such a hypothesis is altogether untenable, because it supposes something that is contrary to all experience and observation.
Therefore the objector to this assumption is himself unphilosophical, in that he postulates or supposes that the Aether is a medium, with qualities which lie altogether outside the range of our experience and observation.
He supposesthat a positive atom of electricity rotates in one direction while a negative atom rotates in the opposite direction.
Simply because, while it supposes a source or origin of its activity at the first, it goes on to suppose a continuance of that activity, without recognizing a continuing source or cause.
He supposes a crowd of children playing in the market place, while others are sitting somewhat sullenly by.
Again, when the three Apostles are with our Lord on the Mount of Transfiguration, Peter evidently supposes that they have entered a new and heavenly country where they are to stay, and his first thought is to be of service.
We have remarked on the vulgar error which supposes that an artery runs from the fourth finger of the left hand to the heart.
The law proclaims him guiltless, but the Pope says he is guilty; and he supposes he ought to acquiesce and say that he deserves his fate.
It was the Pope's duty to have shown him mercy, but he supposes he is sick of his life, and must vent his spleen on him.
And that the said deponent was obliged to comply with the said orders, and was and is nightly watched by 25 armed men on board the said ship, appointed, as he supposes and verily believes, to prevent the said teas from being landed.
Whoever supposes that shouts and hosannas will terminate the trials of the day, entertains a childish fancy.
Every relative name which is predicated of an object, supposes another object (or objects), of which we may predicate either that same name or another relative name which is said to be the correlative of the former.
He supposes that the coexistence spoken of in the axiom, of two things with the same third thing, means simultaneousness in time.
But proof supposes something provable, which must be a Proposition or Assertion; since nothing but a Proposition can be an object of belief, or therefore of proof.
In the first place, the possibility of drawing them at all, manifestly supposes that we are acquainted not only with the variations, but with the absolute quantities both of A and a.
The cant of the day supposes such things to be practicable; but they are not.
In the formation of language, I may say correctly, "Solomon built the temple;" for he stood in that relation to the matter which supposes it would not have been built without his direction and command.
A share of our regards, supposes that the remainder is reserved for something else.
In the sense in which the senator supposes banks to conflict with the coining power, foreign commerce, and especially our commerce with China, conflicts with it much more extensively.
So far from making insolvency a test of bankruptcy the whole systemsupposes ability and fraud--ability to pay part or all, and a fraudulent intent to evade payment.
Who supposes that we have paid near three hundred millions of interest on our late national debt, the principal of which never rose higher than one hundred and twenty-seven millions, and remained but a year or two at that?
Now, if the gentleman will be kind enough to tell me what principle of the constitution he supposes suitable, what discrimination he can draw between suitable and unsuitable which he proposes to follow, I shall be instructed.
Ignorance supposesthat to make money plenty, you must have paper: this is pure nonsense.
Man supposes that he directs his life and= 5 =governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny.
And he supposes Bragg's splendid victory (what did he suppose the next day?
No doubt the Government of the United States imagines the "rebellion" in articulo mortis, and supposes the reconstruction of the Union a very practicable thing, and the men selected as our commissioners may confirm the belief.
The local troops did not march until this morning, and no one supposes Richmond is seriously menaced by Grant.
No one, scarcely, supposes that Richmond will be defended.
Mr. Roach Smith supposes that the collyrium Anicetum of this stamp derives its name from being a preparation containing aniseed.
As a continuation of my criticism on Mr. Fiske's views, I think it is desirable to add a few words concerning the speculative annihilation with which he supposes Mr. Spencer's doctrines to have visited Materialism.
This theory supposes that there may be certain laws that will be beneficial to all, so beneficial that all consent to be taxed for their maintenance.
If the government can select the jurors, it will, of course, select those whom it supposes will be favorable to its enactments.
Whereas, if he supposes us to have a knowledge of medicine, he will allow us to do what we like with him--even to open the eyes wide and sprinkle ashes upon them, because he supposes that we know what is best?
If the glass be sloped in any direction, the lines are still in true perspective, only it is perspective calculated for a sloping plane, while common perspective always supposes the plane of the picture to be vertical.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "supposes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
