They make psychology
increasingly dependent on physiology and external observation, and tend to think of matter as something much more solid and indubitable than mind.
In former days--almost from childhood, and
increasingly up to full manhood--when he had tried to do anything that would be good for all, for humanity, for Russia, for the whole village, he had noticed that the idea of it had been pleasant, but the work itself had always been incoherent, that then he had never had a full conviction of its absolute necessity, and that the work that had begun by seeming so great, had grown less and less, till it vanished into nothing.
On one of these occasions, "suddenly there hovered around the top of the rock a brightness of unequaled clearness and color, which, in
increasingly smaller circles thickened, was the enchanting figure of the beautiful Lore.
Life at the academy daily became
increasingly distasteful.
The material distinctions of rank and wealth he
increasingly despised.
Those that follow are naturally
increasingly interesting and entertaining.
It was a trifle embarrassing to return an hour later and buy a blue parasol for Emma Jane Perkins, but it seemed
increasingly difficult, as the years went on, to remember her existence at all the proper times and seasons.
May he continue to "grow in grace, and in the knowledge of God," that he may be
increasingly serviceable in the cause of bleeding humanity, whether at home or abroad!
She had been growing
increasingly hysterical, fearful, and depressed during the two days' journeyings.
Gradually an empty feeling in his middle region became
increasingly insistent, and briefly exploring his pockets, Bill decided upon a restaurant where he bought a stew and rolls for fifteen cents.
Long brooding on his failure, continual arrangement and rearrangement of his deserts and rebuffs, had made Sir Francis much of an egoist, and in his retirement his temper became
increasingly difficult and exacting.
The country was on the verge of hard times,* caused by a series of prosperous years wherein the difficulty of disposing abroad of the unconsumed surplus had become
increasingly difficult.