The conquest of Canada first demonstrated this truth, and whenin the two following lectureswe shall have made some approach towards comprehending its full import, we shall all, I think, be ready to admit that the triumph of Wolfe marks the greatest turning-point as yet discernible in modern history.

The political divisions of these quarters of the world were, of course, undistinguishable; and few of the natural were discernible by the naked eye.

The outline of the great stones, dimly discernible through the wall-paper, was singularly suggestive of a fortress thinly disguised.

Nevertheless the deplorable fact remains, that the boundless egotism already mentioned has for that span of the future discernible to us destroyed the collaboration of the two nations which was so full of promise for the intellectual uplift of humanity.

London Bridge was discernible from the fires burning upon itand even upon the river braziers were lighted on all the larger craft, which cast a ruddy glow upon the stream.

The sky had become overcast, and distant objects were not so easily discernible on the surface of the water, but he made out her lightstwo!

On the road hither the immense mountain called the Puy de Dôme is discernible at a great distance; it is said to have been a volcano.

" They set forth at once in the yellow light of the waning moon, Marcos leading the way up a pathway hardly discernible amid the rocks and undergrowth.

" An Indian woman was discernible among the trees, walking along the path at a rapid walk, as if she were greatly hurried.

In no respect is the broadening of outlook more discernible than in the sphere of imperial affairs.

He did not stand quite on the edge, but fell upon his knees a couple of yards away, wringing his hands, moaning and weeping, and staring through his watery eyes at a fine, long crevice just discernible under the matted grass, and curving outward on either hand toward the river.

But, if we leave out of view the collection of anecdotes and maxims which Cato compiled for himself as the fruits of this reading, no trace is discernible of any literary activity in this field.

Upon closer inspection, however, and upon turning the envelope so as to catch the light, I thought that a slight glazing of gum was discernible around the central seal, and from beneath its edge a minute bubble of mucilage protruded.

Occasionally Pierre spoke to the dogs, Nettuno keeping close to the side of Uberto in order to prevent separation, since the path was no longer discernible without constant examination, the darkness having so far increased as to reduce the sight to very narrow limits.

[A faint curiosity is discernible amongst the other passengers to learn how shewhoever she isbehaved that Sunday.

That is to say, he essays to state the ultimate principles discernible throughout all manifestations of the Absolute,those highest generalizations now being disclosed by science, such, for example, as "the Conservation of Force," which are severally true, not of one class of phenomena, but of all classes of phenomena, and which are thus the keys to all classes of phenomena.

In a richly furnished chamber overlooking the street a dim light was burning; so dimly, in fact, that the emaciated form of Mr. Stevens was scarcely discernible amidst the pillows and covering of the bed on which he was lying.

That considerable differences are often discernible between tertiary individuals and their supposed descendants of the present day affords no argument against Darwin's theory, as has been rashly thought, but is decidedly in its favor.

" This was happening now about herthe same thing was happening in the woodsslow, sure, and steady, and its motion as little discernible as the sea's.