A whole drawer was devoted to a comparatively finished and very thorough enquiry into human dissensions in lower Bengal.
His commoner expression for that thorough living is "the aristocratic life.
Bitter experience of the evils attendant upon the weak government of the Continental Congress had impressed upon his mind the urgent necessity of an immediate and thorough reform.
He also made the model of a ship's deck and rigging, which, while it afforded a source of amusement, gave them a more thorough knowledge than they possessed of seamanship, while the other books were read till nearly got by heart.
The captain himself had observed his activity and neat appearance, and the thorough way in which he did everything to which he put his hand.
That compulsory attendance upon school is productive of a wider and more thorough diffusion of knowledge is probably conceded by all.
The three made their way upstairs, where they started a thorough search of the house; and at last Jack ran onto a closet in which were stored half a dozen suits of civilian clothes.
Damage to the various vessels was repaired as well as could be done at sea and the ships in need of a more thorough overhauling steamed for England, where they would go into dry-dock.
In the Preface to the Thorough Declaration of the Formula of Concord the Lutheran confessors declare: "To this Christian Augsburg Confession, so thoroughly grounded in God's Word, we herewith pledge ourselves again from our inmost hearts.
After thorough discussion it was adopted by all with but few changes, e.
Yet I desire a more thorough exposition of the doctrines of predestination, of the consent of the will, of the necessity of our obedience, and of the sin unto death.
A thorough and lasting revival of the Catechism can be hoped for only through the young--such were Luther's convictions.
The Thorough Declaration of the Formula of Concord makes the further statement that the Smalcald Articles were to be delivered in the Council at Mantua "in the name of the Estates, Electors, and Princes.
He insisted on a thorough mental elaboration, by means of sermons, explanations, questions and answers, of the material memorized, in order to elevate it to the plane of knowledge.
They are in sore need of a thorough and sound reformation, or to be eradicated entirely, a sentence which I also pass on the Passional or Legend books, to which also a great deal has been added by the devil.
In its Thorough Declaration we read: "Now this doctrine [of original sin] must be so maintained and guarded that it may not deflect either to the Pelagian or the Manichean side.
The thorough Lutheranizing of the city was completed by Pappus, a pupil of Marbach.
Suffice it to say that through the exercise of great tact and a thorough understanding of the Chinese character they were able to settle the matter without bloodshed.
Lieutenant-Colonel Mears was an officer of the regular army, a thorough drill master and a strict disciplinarian.
Major Trepp had received a thorough military training in the army of his native Switzerland, and had seen active service in European wars.
A man of business habits and of little humour, but apparently of elastic spirits and thorough knowledge of the world, he was not easily conquered by any difficulties or overwhelmed by misfortunes.
She told him then that she should like to write a thorough study of him and his books; and he made as though he would dissuade her, saying that she would only get herself in bad odour with his critics.
These have been guilty of many peccadilloes; but they are so intelligent and have such a thorough knowledge of their fellows that they are sure to raise themselves to the highest ranks of society.
He was a strong Tory, and by conviction and religious temper a thorough High Churchman.
His massive and thorough Churchmanship was the independent growth of his own thoughts and reading.
Both were of opinion that though her safety would not be endangered by the voyage home, she was in a condition to require such a thorough repair as could only be obtained in England.
Though he knew that the screw would enable him quickly to gain an offing, he had not as yet that thorough confidence in its powers which long experience could give.
They were both old shipmates, in whom they could place thorough confidence; they therefore left those who had so long sailed with them with less regret than would have been the case had they confided them to the charge of strangers.
All that is required is a thorough mastery of chemistry.
It's only chance that has made me a gipsy, and in certain things I shall always be a thorough Navarrese,* as the proverb says.
She had an answer for each and all, with her hand on her hip, as bold as the thorough gipsy she was.
The probability is, that an effeminate and shameful administration had suffered it to fall into decay, and that the more active Tartars caused it to undergo a thorough repair: at present it exhibits no appearances of great antiquity.
Elizabeth Blackwell has founded a hospital in this city, where she proposes a thorough medical education, both theoretical and practical, for young women.
Preston's thorough appreciation of this need may be traced the very origin of the Woman's Hospital in Philadelphia.
He has denied her the facilities for obtaining a thorough education, all colleges being closed against her.
In the retirement and seclusion of life, the stirring impulse of the times has reached even the heart of woman, and she feels the necessity of a more thorough culture and a wider field of usefulness.
Mrs. Stanton is a fine writer, but a poor executant; Miss Anthony is a thorough manager, but a poor writer.
If she desires a course of thorough disciplinary study for any purpose whatsoever, where is she to find means or the institution to receive her?
Let the sex, then, give their influence in promoting a system of education that will, if carried out, secure to every woman in the land the blessings of thorough practical instruction.
Ample provision must be made for woman's education, as liberal and thorough as that provided for the other sex.
The officers, and most especially the distinguished woman who occupied the president's chair, evinced a thorough acquaintance with the duties of their station, and performed them in an admirable manner.
Hunt called out a discussion on the importance of a thorough medical training for women in all departments of science belonging to that profession.
And the Committee, being fully confident of its power to convince every candid inquirer after truth of the justice and mercy of our claims, do urgently call upon the friends everywhere to aid them in giving to it a thorough circulation.
This notice, candid in tone and spirit, as it was thorough and able in discussion, successfully vindicated every position we assumed, reaffirmed and established the highest ground taken in principle or policy by our movement.
She was the last to adopt this system of slavery, and she adopted it in that thorough manner which characterizes the actions of the Anglo-Saxon race.
I imbibed a thorough contempt for women, children, and household affairs, intrenching myself behind invisible barriers that few, very few, could pass.
Partridges are thorough Tories, and like to take the same line that their fathers before them did, so it is useless to try to drive them far out of it.
Both gentlemen look thorough jocks, and sit their horses easily and well; but there is a look of the older hand about the Captain.
Thus I carried out my wish, and enjoyed the thorough change which health demanded.
The main objects are to obtain good speech and lip-reading and to use these colloquially; the work is very thorough and the teaching very skilful.
To wealth and power of arms the latter opposes its overwhelming numbers and its thorough organization.
At that time a number of women in and about Philadelphia, who realized the need for thorough teaching in all the branches of horticulture, not merely in theory but in practice, organized this school.
That is the medical way of saying that Lawrence has just completed the most thorough municipal survey ever undertaken by a town of its size, and in so doing has found out that it is afflicted with a lot of ills that all cities are heir to.
A clear and thoroughanalysis of the three elements of narrative writing, viz.
Consequently a reporter may drop into the habit of being satisfied with less thorough methods of collecting and presenting his material than are demanded by the higher standards of magazine writing.
