From this it is plain that, if a man
definitely apprehends a relative thing, he will also
definitely apprehend that to which it is relative.
An old sly Fox, seeing this, said, "May I never make myself so ridiculous as you do in your pride and self-conceit; for even though you have the size of a lion among wolves, in a herd of lions you are
definitely a wolf."
It cannot be
definitely assigned either to the Ionian or Continental schools, for while the romantic element is very strong, there is a distinct genealogical interest; and in matters of diction and style the influences of both Hesiod and Homer are well-marked.
It would be interesting to state
definitely, with illustrations, those characteristics of Bacon's mind which make it impossible that he should have written Shakspere's plays.
It had been the spring, it will be remembered, that had prompted them to go on pilgrimage; and me, too, the spring was filling with strange, undefinable longings, and though I flattered myself that I had set out in pursuance of a
definitely taken resolve, I had really no more freedom in the matter than the children who followed at the heels of the mad piper.
I can only put you confidentially in possession of my private opinion, leaving you entirely free to draw your own inferences from it, and regretting that I cannot write more confidently and more
definitely than I have written here.
A wet day was the expression of irremediable grief at her weakness in the mind of some vague ethical being whom she could not class
definitely as the God of her childhood, and could not comprehend as any other.
she refused him quite
definitely!" adding, after a pause, "she told him she loved another."
Differences of degree there were, of course; but no one more delicately and
definitely knew those differences than did Jerry himself.
They also undertook to examine the true nature of that system of parallel ramparts discovered on the moon's surface by Gruithuysen, a learned professor of Munich, who considered them to be "a system of fortifications thrown up by the Selenitic engineers." These two points, yet obscure, as well as others, no doubt, could not be
definitely settled except by direct communication with the moon.
It's a confession that weighs on me; I want to make it to you," said Anna, letting herself drop
definitely into an armchair, and looking straight into Dolly's face.
As the butler spoke, Eustace picked up a plate and threw it at the scullery-maid, whom he seemed
definitely to have picked out as the most hostile of the allies.