But there must be one surely, otherwise her poor people, whom she loved so dearly, would not have been abandoned.
Still, he felt that if he had remained in England, he would not have been so indifferent; and he followed his guest across the great tessellated hall towards the dining-room in front of a splendid servitude.
As pleadings were formerly construed, it would not have been enough to allege that the plaintiff's goods were damaged by the defendant's negligence.
We have seen what amounts to an attempt to burn a haystack; but it was said in the same case, that, if the defendant had gone no further than to buy a box of matches for the purpose, he would not have been liable.
No, if he had believed me at all to share his feelings, he would not have been so wretched.
She suspected that it had; that it would not have been so resolutely encountered but in full expectation of hearing from some one very dear, and that it had not been in vain.
I cannot deny that Miss Woodhouse was my ostensible object--but I am sure you will believe the declaration, that had I not been convinced of her indifference, I would not have been induced by any selfish views to go on.
He would not have been untrue to his mother's brother, William Mildmay, the great Whig Minister of the day, for any earthly consideration.
It would not have been kind to him not to have done so.
Let a Whig have been ever so ancient and ever so weary, he would not have been allowed to depart from Westminster Hall that night.
Had Lord Chiltern borne it, he would not have been worthy of her love.
That he had lived as plain Jem Salter, and laboured as any hind might have done, in desperate effort and mad hope, would not have been regarded as a fact to be credited.
It would not have beenso if he had not been in such straits that he had been afraid to risk his chance by making a stand.
She owns that she valued him as a friend, and it would not have been strange if his attentions had led her to entertain for him a sentiment warmer Page xl than friendship.
It would not have been surprising if such success had turned even a strong head and corrupted even a generous and affectionate nature.
If he had abstained he would not have been shot at Pizzo.
Indeed, it would not have been safe so to treat him, for even in his prison he received the homage and respect of all the military, not excepting even those who were his guards.
He would not have been Emperor; and we should still have had to dread the return of the Bourbons, of which, thank God, there is now no fear.
He would not have beenat the exempt, but the sight of the other depressed him.
When he lay immediately beneath the main-channels, it would not have been an easy thing to see his boat, even had there been any one on the lookout.
I thought it would not have been so severe against me for my little sins, for my playing, for my jesting, for my dissembling, quarreling, and the like.
I thought itwould not have been so soul-destroying, so damning a law!
Such is my crime, but I would not have been guilty of it, if I had not loved you.
If he had known the prophecy of Horace, or rather if he had believed in it, he would not have been guilty of such folly.
If he had been blessed with any delicacy of feeling, he would not have been in such a hurry to have me put in irons.
He would not have been kept in these abominable leading-strings.
Never mind--it must have been all there, or it would not have been wakened so easily--if he goes they will have a scene first.
In fact, he said that he would not have been able to stand it much longer.
The Third Estate, the bourgeoisie, would not have been able to answer this question, because it was impossible for them to foresee what the human society of the nineteenth century was to be.
Certainly it was not very effective, and for the reasons mentioned it is impossible to conclude that the advice of Germany, if in good faith, would not have been followed by its weaker ally.
For a longer delay he would not have been able to answer to his country.
But if he had not had these peculiar qualities or defects he would not have been the man that he was; he would not have been able to bear the charge of such a task at such a {143} time.
But he did not take his stand on such a broad and clear position; indeed at that time it would not have been a firm or a tenable position.
It was doubted at first whether it would be physically possible to rear him; and it would not have been possible if the ordinary Court customs were to be followed.
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