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Thus have I, with as much brevity as I was able, endeavoured to explicate (Hypothetically at least) the causes of the Phænomena I formerly recited, on the consideration of which I have been the more particular.
You see what probable 187 grounds and plaine testimonies have brought for the confirmation of this Proposition: many other things in this behalfe might be spoken, which for brevity sake I now omit, and passe unto the next.
For the sake of brevity we omit five of them, they are in the same strain as those given.
If we reduce the total stature (which for the sake of brevity we will call simply the stature) to a scale of 100, we find that the essential stature very slightly exceeds 50, oscillating between 53-54; yet it may fall to 47 and even lower, or it may rise above 56.
The bell-shaped thorax is similar to the preceding, but is characterised by an accompanying exceptional brevity of the longitudinal diameter, which causes it to resemble the infantile thorax (arrest of morphological development).
Again: because it is a general complaint, that the favourites of princes are troubled with short and weak memories; the same doctor proposed, “that whoever attended a first minister, after having told his business, with the utmost brevity and in the plainest words, should, at his departure, give the said minister a tweak by the nose, or a kick in the belly, or tread on his corns, or lug him thrice by both ears, or run a pin into his breech; or pinch his arm black and blue, to prevent forgetfulness; and at every levee day, repeat the same operation, till the business were done, or absolutely refused.
I have related the substance of several conversations I had with my master during the greatest part of the time I had the honour to be in his service; but have, indeed, for brevity sake, omitted much more than is here set down.
If the Dutch "banquet pieces" suggest endless beauty--Holland in the 17 th century was so rich it didn't know what to do with its money--there's a darker side to still life that warns of the brevity of earthly pleasures.
" And the brevity of the sessions--90 minutes to 120 minutes to cover a lot of ground--can permit the breathless clutter of quick responses to keep at bay deeper and darker sentiments.
Yet, many prefer chair to chairperson on the grounds of brevity and because it avoids the awkwardness of the longer alternative.
Good to read, but sparse Index and brevity preclude its use as a reference grammar.
Today's travelers on today's roads have to make do with a sort of compressed-speak where speed is of the essence and brevity the soul of economy.
The relative brevity of many Russian proverbs stems from the fact that the Russian language has no articles and also resorts idiomatically to participial condensation by not using oblique forms of the verb to be .
I do not agree that the relative brevity of many Russian proverbs stems from the fact that the Russian language has no articles and also resorts idiomatically to participial condensation by not using oblique forms of the verb to be.
But then in English one can come pretty close to both the Latin meaning and brevity with, say, In Rome, act (or be) Roman.
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