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Impossibility See also Unattainability. belling the cat mouse’s proposal for warning of cat’s approach; application fatal. [Gk. Lit.: Aesop’s Fables] since one direction is relative to the other, “never the twain shall meet.” [Pop. Usage: Misc.] beast powerless to change them. [O.T.: Jeremiah 13:23] |
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| For besides the great length of the whaling voyage, the numerous articles peculiar to the prosecution of the fishery, and the impossibility of replacing them at the remote harbors usually frequented, it must be remembered, that of all ships, whaling vessels are the most exposed to accidents of all kinds, and especially to the destruction and loss of the very things upon which the success of the voyage most depends. Elton's best compliments, "that he was proposing to leave Highbury the following morning in his way to Bath; where, in compliance with the pressing entreaties of some friends, he had engaged to spend a few weeks, and very much regretted the impossibility he was under, from various circumstances of weather and business, of taking a personal leave of Mr. You see the fault becomes a virtue when it is hers, the treason prospers; wherefore, no doubt, the impossibility of imagining it. |
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