Sir Walter spurned the idea of its being offered in any manner; forbad the slightest hint being dropped of his having such an intention; and it was only on the supposition of his being
spontaneously solicited by some most unexceptionable applicant, on his own terms, and as a great favour, that he would let it at all.
Lady Arabella was not usually a humorous person, but no man or woman of the white race could have checked the laughter which rose
spontaneously to her lips.
'I cannot, therefore, put a price upon services which it is a pleasure to me to render if I can render them
spontaneously, but which I could not render in mere return for any consideration.
In the slight sketch here attempted, the facts, recorded on the grave pages of our New England annalists, have wrought themselves, almost spontaneously, into a sort of allegory.
Bright roses glowed in contrast with the dark and glossy curls of each, and were scattered round their feet, or had sprung up spontaneously there.
They must have reflected, that in all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance; that a rigid adherence in such cases to the former, would render nominal and nugatory the transcendent and precious right of the people to "abolish or alter their governments as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness,"[2] since it is impossible for the people
spontaneously and universally to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential that such changes be instituted by some INFORMAL AND UNAUTHORIZED PROPOSITIONS, made by some patriotic and respectable citizen or number of citizens.
Its sides cannot yield; it coheres
spontaneously, and not by the closeness of its rivets; and its perfect union of the materials enables it to defy the roughest seas.
"I took the liberty of waiting upon you, sir, to ask whether the idea of a reward for so large a sum came
spontaneously from your department?"
They were laughed at by the chemists, who held that, while it was just barely probable that a single cartridge, charged with the new smokeless powder, might
spontaneously explode, it was beyond all probability and possibility for all the cartridges in a given area, so charged,
spontaneously to explode.
The minister -- for, save the long-sought regards of woman, nothing is sweeter than these marks of childish preference, accorded
spontaneously by a spiritual instinct, and therefore seeming to imply in us something truly worthy to be loved -- the minister looked round, laid his hand on the child's head, hesitated an instant, and then kissed her brow.
But she put them far less
spontaneously, far less adroitly, than usual.
Her presence gave him such manifest and lively pleasure, that it would have been cruel to have denied him what the other appeared to grant
spontaneously. Charlotte had gradually withdrawn herself from society as the illness of George increased, and his danger became more apparent; and at the expiration of the month of April, she was seldom visible to those who are called the world, with the exception of the immediate connexions of her family, and her friend Maria 0sgood.
Most of the examples are from that corpus, and are passages from
spontaneously produced texts, she says, but other examples are elicited materials produced either
spontaneously or in response to questions.
Cebu Pacific Air and Philippine Airlines (PAL) announced on Monday that they were banning the self-balancing personal transport vehicle on board their aircraft, saying their powerful lithium-ion batteries may
spontaneously catch fire.
