The piece once cast, it must be bored with great precision, so as to
preclude any possible windage.
Looking to the great difference between his station in life and hers, which seems to preclude all idea of the most distant relationship between them, it is of the last importance--even assuming that she really required to be placed under restraint--to know why HE should have been the person to assume the serious responsibility of shutting her up "
Fairlie regretted that the state of his health, on that particular morning, was such as to preclude all hope of his having the pleasure of receiving me.
The design of the objection, which has been mentioned, is to
preclude standing armies in time of peace, though we have never been informed how far it is designed the prohibition should extend; whether to raising armies as well as to KEEPING THEM UP in a season of tranquillity or not.
But for the moment his sense of relief was so great as to
preclude all other feelings.
The speed of the fellow seemed to
preclude the possibility of escaping him upon the open beach.
Lady Greystoke never rode alone at any great distance from the bungalow, and the savage loyalty of the ferocious Waziri warriors who formed a great part of Tarzan's followers seemed to
preclude the possibility of a successful attempt at forcible abduction, or of the bribery of the Waziri themselves.
"That is just why I do not begin, sire," said Kutuzov in a resounding voice, apparently to
preclude the possibility of not being heard, and again something in his face twitched- "That is just why I do not begin, sire, because we are not on parade and not on the Empress' Field." said clearly and distinctly.
"I rather hope to satisfy you both," said Emma, "for I shall do all in my power to make them happy, which will be enough for Isabella; and happiness must
preclude false indulgence and physic."
The hymn must therefore be later than that date, though Terpander, according to Weir Smyth (16), may have only modified the scale of the lyre; yet while the burlesque character
precludes an early date, this feature is far removed, as Allen and Sikes remark, from the silliness of the "Battle of the Frogs and Mice", so that a date in the earlier part of the sixth century is most probable.
He thinks very differently of her from what he used to do; he does her some justice, but his reconciliation with her mother
precludes every dearer hope.