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  • Sir Hargrave, the whole time of dinner, received advantage from the supercilious looks and behaviour of Mr. Walden; who seemed, on every-thing the baronet said (and he was seldom silent) half to despise him; for he made at times so many different mouths of contempt, that I thought it was impossi-ble for the same features to express them.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • In other words it will be almost impossi ble to say that a specific policy will have a predictable or measurable impact on climate.

    Whitfield SubCommittee: Edward Wegman Testimony « Climate Audit 2006

  • I intended not, answered the doctor, that you should Are I was concerned: but I think it impossi-ble, that a father can love a daughter better than I love Miss Byron.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • It was impossi-bly strong and utterly implacable; the moment that she tired, it flung her over its shoulder.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • But in their eyes, he was clearly impossi-bly backward, out-of-step, and provincial.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • And finding that pass did not seem like such an impossi - bility, now that they had gone even farther west, to a point, Tetrafel believed, where crossing the mountains would put them in western To-gai.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • And finding that pass did not seem like such an impossi - bility, now that they had gone even farther west, to a point, Tetrafel believed, where crossing the mountains would put them in western To-gai.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • He had lost all inter-est in making love, but they had reached the point where it was impossi-ble to stop, even under threat of death or dismemberment.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • It was impossi-ble to know when Rhea had last fed and watered them, but Reynolds guessed at least a week, from the smell.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • Jake supposed from the faded blue outfit it was wearing that it had been a boy, but it was impossi-ble to tell for sure.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

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