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But it is one thing to maintain that morals may be in evolution in individuals and in communities, and quite another to hold that the acceptance of the doctrine of evolution, broadly taken, forces upon one some new norm by which human actions may be judged. It should be remembered that the word evolution may be used equivocally.
My duty to my dear, only son will not permit me. I hope Mr. Preston understands my motives in going away?" "I presume he does," said the doctor, rather equivocally. "Tell him how great a sacrifice it is for me to leave his bedside. It is a terrible trial for me, but my duty to my son makes it imperative." The doctor bowed. He drove at once to the humble dwelling of Mrs. Burke.
In your individual case, desire and gratification amount to the same. You're mighty fascinating with the ladies, Chad. Few women would refuse you, if you made an effort to have them do the reverse." "Thank you," said Sidwell, equivocally. His companion scowled. "Appreciation is unnecessary. I'm not even sure the remark was complimentary."
She paused, the cup half filled, and Jan, looking up, caught her eyes full of mock astonishment. "And were you sorry I ran away from you?" Despite himself, his pale cheeks flushed. "Do you think I was?" he replied equivocally. "I don't know," she answered slowly, filling his cup. "What are you going to do to-day, Jan?" "Drive out on the Churchill trail.
Two weeks out, they encountered by night a frigate-like craft, supposed to be an enemy. The vessels came within hail, both showing English colors, with purposes of mutual deception, affecting to belong to the English Navy. For an hour, through their speaking trumpets, the captains equivocally conversed. A very reserved, adroit, hoodwinking, statesman-like conversation, indeed.
It was evident that but a spark was needed to produce what might turn out to be a general conflagration. The spark came in the formation of the National Assembly in France and its declaration of the rights of man. The mulattoes at once petitioned the National Assembly for civil and political rights, which were in 1790 equivocally denied and in 1791 finally granted them.
"They have rather misled me, for they seem to surround the whole common, and there is no path across it that I can see; however, if you will put me in the right road, I will not trouble you further." "It is very late," replied the churlish landlord, equivocally. "The better reason why I should be at . Come, my good friend, put on your hat, and I will give you half a guinea for your trouble."
They were extremely popular, they set a fashion which may be said never to have died out since, and they attained the seal of parody in the famous Dr. Gilpin himself is interesting as an important member of "the naturals," as they have been oddly and equivocally called. His style is much more florid and less just than Gilbert White's, and his observation correspondingly less true.
It was slightly hostile, and remarks had been occasionally made that sounded equivocally; as if the Vineyarders had an intention of separating from the other crew, and of living by themselves. It is probable, however, that all this was the fruit of disappointment; and that, at the bottom, nothing very serious was in contemplation.
"It is on this that I would consult you: a girl without rank; the father, it is true, a gentleman, though almost equivocally one, but the mother, I know not what. And Harley, for whom I hoped an alliance with the first houses in England!" The countess pressed her hands convulsively together. EGERTON. "He is no more a boy. His talents have been wasted, his life a wanderer's.
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