"Bless us, my dear lord Martin could stand no chance with that great lubberly macaroni."

A well-known literary man[, who was also a man of society,] was heard to say that the Almighty himself would have no chance of being elected on such a programme.

Wriggle as he would he could not move an inch either to the right or left, and the dumb man trussed him up with a sailor's cunning, so that there was no chance that he should work free.

"As a matter of fact," I said, "there is no chance of a tragedy of that sort.

I wouldn't have no chance!" Sinclair controlled his scorn.

The conflict was not strictly a battle,not like an encounter in the open field, where the raw troops under Jackson, most of them militia, would have stood no chance with the veterans whom Wellington had led to victory and glory.

V. be impossible &c adj.; have no chance whatever.

I had no chance to speak to Elzevir all the journey, and indeed spoke nothing at all, for those to whom I was chained were brute beasts rather than men, and spoke only in Dutch to boot.

There was no chance for retreat, neither had he time for reflection on the best method of defence or escape.

In this way there'll be no chance for a quarrel.

d no chance ter bite, when the judge fired.

The rush of the boar is so sudden, fierce, and determined, that a horse at half speed, or going slow, has no chance of escape; but a well trained horse at full speed meets the pig in his rush, the spear is delivered with unerring aim, and slightly swerving to the left, you draw it out as you continue your course, and the poor pig is left weltering in his blood behind you.

Your father's fight for life, Katherine, was horrible for those of us who knew he had no chance.

So it was that Carmen got no chance glimpse of the two together, and had no suspicion that in the hotel register of the St. Francis was inscribed the name of Nickson Hilliard.

The only chance would be for the Committee on Commerce to report such a plan, but there would be little or no chance of getting such an appropriation through this session.

My lover had not received his name from any rich uncle, with the condition of a handsome fortune; so he had no chance of indignantly asserting his choice to be Herbert barefoot rather than Hog's-flesh with gold shoes.

But the wine, thin and acidulous as it was, helped, and he saw to it that for a while she had no chance to talk.

Sahwah was surrounded by a crowd of admiring friends at this time and there was no chance for further conversation, and she did not become aware of Marie's animosity.

In my surprise at recognizing the voice as that of Lord Ralles, I almost neglected to take care of myself; but, though he was quick with his fists, I caught him by the wrists as he closed, and he had no chance after that against a fellow of my weight.

Without him we should have had no chance, especially at the early date of 1834, of making any serious resistance to the liberal aggression.

Whilst many avenues are open to men to improve their condition in the early years of service, if they possess the necessary ability and enterprise, women have no such opportunities, and have practically no chance of advancement except by way of supervision in their own grade.

There would be none to sympathize with him when he cursed his ill-luck, there would be no chance of contending with an innocent who would be as reckless as was he himself.

I still worked in the settlement and made a living, but had no chance to improve my land.

There was no chance to explore the many islands of the group of which Manila is the Spanish Capital.

While the rage for "fast dancing" continued, the measured grace of the Cellarius stood no chance.