sufficient for

• “Extrajudicial confession, if properly proved, constitutes in criminal causes a grave presumption, but not perfect proof; in civil cases it is sufficient for the pronouncing of sentence, if made in the presence of the plaintiff or his representative and if it specifically states the cause or origin of the obligation.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss

• “One end of the long structure was full of corn; the middle was where the reed-drawing was carried on, and there had already been placed in the reed-press the evening before as many sheaves of wheat as would be sufficient for the women to draw from during the day.”

  Tess of the d'Urbervilles

• “Here, for example, a population of 1,500 people; at present they know all that is necessary for the cultivation of yams, they build houses sufficient for the purpose of their present life, they are giving up fighting, losing-faith in their old charms and contrivances for compassing the death of their enemies; they will very likely soon be at peace throughout the whole island.”

  Life of John Coleridge Patteson

• “All this had been quite sufficient for him at Saulsby.”

  Phineas Finn

• “I felt a tremor quite sufficient for a lover when I saw your handwriting once more, so you see that in your old age you can excite quite as much emotion as did the admirable Miss Byron in her adoring Sir Charles.”

  The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe

• “Fifty-thousand dollars placed in a safe bank, will give four thousand dollars a year, and even without other aid, must soon accomplish buildings sufficient for the object in its early stage.”

  Letters

• “From this, of course, are to be excepted the western half of the valley of the Red River and of the Big Sioux River, which are as productive as any portion of the territory, which, with the region enclosed between them, would contain arable land sufficient for another state of smaller dimensions.”

  Minnesota and Dacotah: in letters descriptive of a tour through the North-west, in the autumn of 1856. With information relative to public lands,

• “One Thousand Pounds Sterling a Year, or thereabouts, would be sufficient for New-Hampshire's Tax, and Rhode-Island would not raise so much.”

  A Brief Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Paper Currency of New-England

• “No wonder, then, that such a man (without waiting a moment for the interference of Madam Prudence) should resolve to raise money sufficient for the relief of Eldridge, by mortgaging part of his fortune.”

  Charlotte Temple, a tale of truth; reprinted from the rare first American edition (1794), over twelve hundred errors in later editions being corected, and the preface restored; with an historical and biographical introduction, bibliography, etc., by Francis W. Halsey.

• “Mr Peacocke's means were sufficient for the expenses of the journey, but fell short when these thousand dollars had to be provided.”

  Dr. Wortle's School

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