Their short and simple annals could be eked out by confidences which would not
appreciably enrich the materials of the literary history of their time, and it seems better to leave them to the imagination of such posterity as they may reach.
But wherever there is a rich supply of Fog objects that are at a distance, say of three feet, are
appreciably dimmer than those at a distance of two feet eleven inches; and the result is that by careful and constant experimental observation of comparative dimness and clearness, we are enabled to infer with great exactness the configuration of the object observed.
What were the thoughts of his strange captor or guide Clayton could only vaguely conjecture; but that he had heard the shot, and was in some manner affected by it was quite evident, for he quickened his pace so
appreciably that Clayton, stumbling blindly in his wake, was down a dozen times in as many minutes in a vain effort to keep pace with him, and soon was left hopelessly behind.
The glow was
appreciably longer and warmer, the laughter deeper and more resonant.
It was probable that, in the lapse of ages, improved systems of moral and intellectual training would
appreciably, perhaps considerably, elevate the involuntary and even the unconscious instincts of human nature; but up to the present day culture, as far as he could see, might be said to have affected only the mental epiderm of those lives which had been brought under its influence.
The march of the troops through the corridor was as rapid as was consistent with the number of men that moved through so narrow a passage, but it was not ample to permit us to gain
appreciably on the pursuing tide.
That he was
appreciably weaker there was no doubt, and there were other symptoms that were unfavourable.
Perhaps he reflected on his motives; but it seemed to me that his conscience could be nothing else but a monstrous thing which very few actions could disturb
appreciably. Yet for the credit of Dona Rita I did not withhold from him my young sagacity.
Dawn showed that I had gained
appreciably upon the flier ahead of me.
The modern doctrine of psychophysical parallelism is not
appreciably different from this theory of the Cartesian school.
Do you dream that even by the end of that time you will be
appreciably nearer your victory?" What was more in my mind was that she had a fancy to play me the trick of making me engage myself when in fact she had annihilated the papers.
He meant to be a unit who would make a certain amount of difference towards that spreading change which would one day tell
appreciably upon the averages, and in the mean time have the pleasure of making an advantageous difference to the viscera of his own patients.