Then comes a pause, during which he is thinkingwe will not say 'too precisely on the event,' but taking his account with consequences: the result appears in the uttered conviction that the extreme possible consequence, death, is a good and not an evil.

The consequences to her reputation if they spent the night so closely together was one reason; a more selfish and more moving one was the trouble which she gave him.

The legal adviser of the crown considers the clause active and binding; the special magistrate cannot, therefore, adjudicate on disputes of labor under the eight hour system, and the consequences have been continual complaints and bickerings between the magistrates and managers, and discontent among the apprentices by comparison of the advantages which one system presents over the other.

Another consequence of war which America is passing through is the spirit of super-patriotism.

She hopes that another consequence of them will be the abolition of the whole system of farmers-general of the revenue; and she explains to him both the advantages of such a measure, and at the same time the difficulties of carrying it out immediately after so costly a war, since it would involve the instant repayment of large sums to the farmers, with all the clearness of a practiced financier.

A government never loses anything by mildness and forbearance to its own citizens, more especially when the consequences of an opposite course may be the shedding of blood.

The consequence is an explosion; the spirits vanish, and Faust receives an electric shock which paralyzes all his bodily functions.

Between 1688 and 1765 the British Empire had physically outgrown its legal envelope, and the consequence was a revolution.

The consequence was either conflict, whenever supernatural elements clashed with natural; or else the subservience of Religion, and its consequent loss of prestige, as well as of its supernatural character.

The consequence of a generalization so wide is an utter confusion on the subject of the polity of states.

The natural consequence was a general overestimation of cognition at the expense of all other mental activities.

In some intrigue, Marston discovered in his cousin a too-successful rival; the consequence was, a bitter and furious quarrel, which, but for the prompt and peremptory interference of friends, Marston would undoubtedly have pushed to a bloody issue.

The consequence to the poor nurse was a serious illness, which nearly proved fatal.

This distinction is so marked, that no negro would attempt to apply for refreshment at the bar of such places, as the inevitable consequence of such a liberty would be refusal, if not summary ejectment.

The consequences were the graver that I was naturally too much disposed to a vagrant life; and the want of a dominant interest in my occupation led to indulgence, on every occasion that offered in later life, of the tendency to wander.

Whatever were the causes, the first consequences, as you may guess, were such a ferment in London as is seldom seen at this dead season of the year.

In 1866, we once closed the park against them, and the consequence was a riot in which the police suffered severely from brick-bats, and the mob finally took hold of the iron fence and tore it away for a long distance along the park, made their entry, and took their own way."

The consequence is intellectual drunkenness, and thus you make, as I said before, confounded fools of yourselves!

Another consequence was a discouragement of English slave trading for nearly a century to follow.

By dint of numbers (for his party comprised two-thirds of the convention), he obtained the appointment of a committee of danger; this was followed by a vote to place the kingdom in a posture of defence; and the consequence of that vote was the immediate levy of reinforcements for the army.

You must analyse them yourself, unless you have patience to wait till the consequences are the comment.

The consequence was an inquiry into the alleged charge, and doubtless it will affect the weight of the Lobby.

The natural consequence of a current of a river meeting the waters of any broad basin, and where there is no base of rock, is the formation, at or near the spot where the opposing actions are neutralized, of a bank, which is technically called a bar.

The natural consequences, of course, were first the desire to feel that stimulation again and again, then to realize the littleness of everything but mental companionship.

It seems that one consequence of Wang's reforms was a strong fall in the prices, i.e. a deflation; therefore, as soon as the first decrees were issued, the large plantation owners and the merchants who were allied to them, offered furious opposition.