But on the following Friday he was waited upon by the Pillars of the Church, who informed him that in order to be in harmony with the New Theology and get full advantage of modern methods of Gospel interpretation they had deemed it
advisable to make a change.
Perhaps I may venture to add that personally I find it
advisable to pass hastily over the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and so gain as much time as possible for the nineteenth.
`"--found it
advisable to go with Edgar Atheling to meet William and offer him the crown.
It will surely, therefore, be
advisable to delay our union--to delay it till appearances are more promising--till affairs have taken a more favourable turn.
Secrecy may be
advisable; but still I cannot help wondering at its being practiced by him."
I thought if I could induce him to come into the place quietly I should be able, perhaps, to kill and eat him; and in any case, it would be
advisable to kill him, lest his actions attracted the attention of the Martians.
Hunt upon his guard: still, as there was no knowing how far his plans might have succeeded, and as any rash act might blow the mere smouldering sparks of treason into a sudden blaze, it was thought
advisable by those with whom Mr.
Pickwick contemplated a stay of at least two months in Bath, he deemed it
advisable to take private lodgings for himself and friends for that period; and as a favourable opportunity offered for their securing, on moderate terms, the upper portion of a house in the Royal Crescent, which was larger than they required, Mr.
And it may be added that the supposed danger of a gradual change being merely speculative, it would have been hardly
advisable upon that speculation to establish, as a fundamental point, what would deprive several States of the convenience of having the elections for their own governments and for the national government at the same epochs.
In a position of this sort, even though the enemy should offer us an attractive bait, it will be
advisable not to stir forth, but rather to retreat, thus enticing the enemy in his turn; then, when part of his army has come out, we may deliver our attack with advantage.
Turenne, who has a large head full of all sorts of good counsels, before the plan of the campaign it is
advisable to draw a striking portrait of the generals to whom we are opposed.
It is also
advisable when the council is to be composed of part of the citizens, to elect, either by vote or lot, an equal number of both ranks.