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He has had no regular employment since, and his family are now suffering for even the common necessaries of life." "That is very bad. Why didn't he deny the charge when it was made against him?" "He was never accused. Everton took it for granted that he was guilty, and acted from this erroneous conclusion." "What a commentary upon hasty judgments! Has he no employment now?" "None."
Well, these fancies of mine only went to prove how erroneous and false are the conclusions of one whose capacity has not been amplified and concatenated by the ingenuities of a very refined civilization.
Amongst many in France there is the old conception of Napoleon I, who considered the whole of European politics from an erroneous point of view, that of a lasting French hegemony in Europe, when the lasting hegemony of peoples is no longer possible.
This motion he made; and in doing it he took an opportunity of correcting an erroneous report; which was, that he had changed his mind on this great subject. This was, he said, so far from being the case, that the more he contemplated the trade, the more enormous he found it, and the more he felt himself compelled to persevere in endeavours for its abolition.
"You have formed an erroneous opinion of me, Amabel," cried the earl, seeing his error, and trying to correct it. "I am well nigh distracted by conflicting emotions. Oh, forgive my violence forget it." "Readily," she replied; "but think not I attach the least credit to your professions."
M. Chevalier proved, from documents, that the assertion made on a former evening, that tobacco was a preservative against cholera, was erroneous. He stated that twenty-seven mechanics employed in the tobacco manufactories had died of the disease. Ibid. Prussic Acid a Poison to Vegetables. The sensitive plant, when exposed to the vapour of prussic acid, instantly closes its leaves.
Some of the perplexities of missionaries in India, and also probably of Civil servants in the Indian Government, arise from preconceived notions about the country and people which are either only partly true, or are altogether erroneous. It takes years of growing experiences before things gradually assume their proper proportions in the mind.
No agitator can explain away ascertained figures; if we go down hill, we shall do it with our eyes open. It may be that reactions will be set up which will render the anticipations in this article erroneous. Things never turn out either so well or so badly as they logically ought to do.
For this offence Renatus Harris was fined £200, and was required to give security for his good conduct until Christmas. An erroneous tradition assigns to Lord Jeffreys the honor of bringing the Battle of the Organs to a conclusion, and writers improving upon this tradition, have represented that Jeffreys acted as sole umpire between the contendants. In his 'History of Music, Dr.
Which, to the best of my belief, is not the case. Edwin had turned red and turned white, as certain points of this picture came into the light. He now sat looking at the fire, and bit his lip. 'The speculations of an Angular man, resumed Mr. Grewgious, still sitting and speaking exactly as before, 'are probably erroneous on so globular a topic. Pray am I at all near the mark in my picture?
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