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Charles Lane Poor's preliminary calculations, proved dubious on closer inquiry, and was rendered wholly inadmissible by the circumstances attending the return of Brooks's comet in 1896. The companion-objects watched by Barnard in 1889 had by that time, perhaps, become dissipated in space, for they were not redetected.
False lights, dubious foreshortenings, shallow colourings, ill-studied forms, and motiveless agitation suited the taste that cared for gaudy brightness and sensational effects.
But if I may venture a personal judgement, I cannot see that even the Apostles' creed will be able to retain its place as a summary of essential Christianity. The articles which deal with the Descent into Hades and the Resurrection of the Body, and perhaps those which deal with the Virgin-Birth and Ascension of our Lord, are dubious, if not false, and cannot fairly be regarded as indispensable.
After inspecting and rejecting several identical bucketseats he found one less to his distaste than the others and stowed his equipment, which was extensive, requiring several puffing trips backandforth, next to it. Then he lowered his backside onto the unyielding surface with the same anxiety with which he might have deposited a fortune in a dubious bank.
His opposition to the church authorities, and his efforts at reinvigorating the faith of the country, had led him into doubtful statements on the nature of the eucharist; he had entangled himself in dubious metaphysics on a subject on which no middle course is really possible; and being summoned to answer for his language before a synod in London, he had thrown himself again for protection on the Duke of Lancaster.
While your affairs are in a favorable and ours in a dubious state, you would derive honor and splendor from granting peace; while to us, who solicit it, it would be considered as necessary rather than honorable. "It is indeed the right of him who grants, and not of him who solicits it, to dictate the terms of peace, but perhaps we may not be unworthy to impose upon ourselves the fine.
Bob Sawyer, pursuing the thread of the subject 'which, I think, Ben, are rather dubious. 'What's rather dubious? inquired Mr. Ben Allen, at the same time sharpening his intellect with a draught of beer. 'What's dubious? 'Why, the chances, responded Mr. Bob Sawyer. 'I forgot, said Mr. Ben Allen. 'The beer has reminded me that I forgot, Bob yes; they ARE dubious.
"He's the best man we've got!" said Freddy proudly to a dubious uncle, "there isn't a mortal thing he can't put his hand to." "Or lay his hands on," suggested the dubious uncle. "May I ask if his colleagues are still within a mile of the place?" "Oh, he hates the very sight of 'em!" said Freddy hastily, "cuts 'em dead whenever he sees 'em." "It's no use your crabbing him, George," broke in Mrs.
Here however the Romans encountered a far less energetic resistance than in the Marsian and Samnite countries, and maintained a most decided superiority in the field. Disadvantageous Aggregate Result of the First Year of the War Thus the severe first year of the war came to an end, leaving behind it, both in a military and political point of view, sorrowful memories and dubious prospects.
It was the home of dubious practices at the polls, and the invariable hunting-ground for domestic servants. Nevertheless, in the view of Knox Church, it could not bear a character wholly degraded; too many Presbyterians, Scotch foremen, and others, had their respectable residence there.
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