It was his secret romance with a certain young girl artist, whom he saw rarely, for sufficient reasons.

Celsus says, that knowing two physicians equally intelligent, he should prefer the one who was his friend, for the obvious reason that he would feel a deeper interest in his welfare.

The women-servants, that have little reason to be out at night, ken little or nothing about it.

More than one deer was slaughtered, if the truth must be told, for no better reason than that given by an Irishman for smashing a bald head he chanced to see at a window: it presented a mark too tempting to be resisted the lake from our camping ground.

For some unknown reason all my old apprehensions, my sense of impending disaster, had returned to me strengthened.

" For no apparent reason, Rudolph Musgrave flushed.

This "superpersonal" unity is of course a matter of faith and not of philosophy, yet it is a faith without which subjective philosophy must come to a stand-still; it is as much a postulate of the speculative reason as God and immortality are of the practical reason.

We know well enough, that the opinions and beliefs of the multitude are formed almost entirely by tradition, imitation, interest, by in fact any influence rather than that of pure reason.

He didn't in the least anticipate any troublehis principal reason for wanting the Parliament back was the loss of time, and also to get rid of the conversations in the train, which tired him very much.

I ventured a guess that the construction of the lock type of canal would approach $300,000,000, and without stopping to consider that the same causes which led to an increase in cost over the original estimates for the lock canal must affect equally the sea-level type, the advocates of the latter argued that the excess of the new estimates was an additional reason why the lock type should be abandoned in favor of the sea-level canal.

But if, in the present state of science, the alternative is offered us,either germs can stand a greater heat than has been supposed, or the molecules of dead matter, for no valid or intelligible reason that is assigned, are able to re- arrange themselves into living bodies, exactly such as can be demonstrated to be frequently produced in another way,I cannot understand how choice can be, even for a moment, doubtful.

This one is against sound reason.

My father was rich, and had never given me the slightest reason to believe that he did not intend me to be his heir.

He had a very cogent reason for believing that he could be of assistance, although there were certain elements in the mystery which might, in his ignorance of them, upset his calculations.

If Mrs. Radbolt wants to sell, what would you think of it, Dr. Arkroyd, as a speculation?" Mary shook her head, smiling, glad to be able to smile with plausible reason.

General Chetwode thought it was possible the enemy might make an offensive against uswe have since learned he had such designsbut he gave weighty reasons against the Turk embarking upon a campaign conducted with a view to throwing us beyond the Egyptian frontier into the desert again.

For this she had abundant reason, the good couple always treating her with the utmost kindness, frequently making her presents of clothes and things which she needed, besides gifts of less use and value.

For be it remembered that words no more than dollars are to be scattered broadcast for the sole reason that you have them.

For some mysterious reason these men disapproved of any one who was intimately acquainted with Pete Reeve, it seemed.

I fear that many here will have excellent excuses and plain reasons, why they should not take it.

The English admiral, Rodney, the greatest sailor who, as yet, had ever commanded a British fleet, in the middle of January utterly destroyed a strong Spanish squadron off Cape St. Vincent; and as from the coast of Spain he proceeded to the West Indies, the French ministry had ample reason to be alarmed for the safety of the force which they had in those regions.

It is a rare proceeding to send a midshipman to Coventry; a step that is never taken save for the gravest reasons.

"What on earth" "I did it because I had more than one satisfactory reason for considering it my duty," interposed Dave, speaking quietly though firmly.

I had spoken confidentially with Muriel regarding my suspicions of the men who were our fellow-guests, and when in secret I showed her several places on board the yacht where valuables were secreted, she also became convinced that the men were expert thieves to whom her father, for some unexplained reason, rendered assistance and asylum.

This last continued to plague himself with the mystery and, maintaining always an open mind, was prepared at any time to be shockingly enlightened; that is, to discover that Liane had not cried wolf without substantial reason.