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In some fifteen minutes madame had returned, appearing somewhat excited, if it were permissible to say so.
Which meant, Yuri knew, that no further communication with him was permissible after that time.
I protest against the use of infinite magnitude as something completed, which in mathematics is never permissible.
Are there not for peoples, for men, for children, certain useful errors and permissible illusions?
It is not permissible to count success in an alternative test as offsetting failure in a regular test.
Two Diamonds is not permissible, as that is the conventional call for a solid Diamond suit.
Success justifies everything, and everything is permissible to him who has the power to do it.
Whatever did not interfere with one's duties as citizen and soldier was held to be permissible.
Granted the presence of this inspiration he regards as permissible what otherwise would not be so.
Everything short of the use of weapons was permissible, and the participants were frequently seriously injured.
It is permissible to look ahead and see what happened to these ships in the Battle of Jutland.
It has far exceeded the natural and pretty vanity of permissible charm, good taste and elegance.
"Is it," I inquired, "permissible for a young lady to accompany a stranger on such an excursion?"
These breaks are generally in places where wrapping is not permissible, and you are compelled to drill.
Before we examine some of its aspects in detail a word or two of preliminary warning may be permissible.
I do not know whether it is permissible to present such fundamental features apart from this guidance.
It is permissible to vary the chase by running away from the immediate vicinity of the circle.
In either case the sin consisted in rebellion against the clan's standards of proper or permissible behavior.
"Yes," he said, "it is, however, perhaps permissible to assure you that it is sufficient for me."
If it stood by itself, it would obviously be permissible to accept this explanation as all sufficient.
He will sleep, and, when he awakes, it is perhaps permissible that you should speak to him.
He claimed that the language which he had used was permissible under the seal of private correspondence.
It is perhaps permissible, therefore, to refer to him as the most "accidental" man in the world.
Because of the present great interest in all forms of advertising, more individuality is permissible than formerly.
A few other little things were uncertain points as to which it was always permissible to ask.
It is permissible even from the standpoint of orthodoxy to assign a late date to the book of Daniel.
An innocent deception which hurts nobody, but, on the contrary, benefits all concerned, is perfectly permissible.
It is, therefore, permissible, at eighty-two years of age, not to be brave in presence of imaginary danger.
It is permissible to give male and female slaves papers of freedom, but the custom is never practiced.
Perhaps it would be permissible for me to express my pleasure that your administrative genius has been recognized?
He would have agreed with Baudelaire that it is neither permissible nor prudent to mock at any idol.
And at the same time that everything has become possible, it seems as if everything had become permissible.
What is permissible includes every means without which the object of the war cannot be attained.
The use of and is permissible when there is a parallel relative in the preceding sentence or clause.
The restlessness of the "settler," if the paradox be permissible, was in the marrow of their bones.
All intellectual and artistic ambitions are permissible, up to and even beyond the limit of prudent sanity.
Gratification is permissible enough, but not a sense of pride, which implies they have done something marvelous.
All intellectual and artistic ambitions are permissible, up to and even beyond the limit of prudent sanity.
Is it permissible to distinguish between the thought of the historian and the thought of the philosopher?
If permissible, a little white sugar sprinkled over the top of the pie will enhance its appearance.
Is it permissible, is it even possible, to ignore the genesis of knowledge when we are considering its validity?
Towards adolescence, and sometimes in later life, it is permissible for a boy culturally to change sex.
As the good-looking son of a wealthy man he credited himself with the possession of permissible pride.
Connie was looking wonderfully young and extremely handsome, and was no more made up than was permissible.
As it is a quite informal affair, however, the side dish (never seen at a formal dinner) is permissible.
It is not really permissible for the Naughty Poor to invade offices which exist to do them good.
Long-range fire is permissible in pursuit on account of the moral effect of any fire under the circumstances.
This is permissible, but to place it at the beginning in all letters is more logical and customary.
You will do as I say, to save this boy's life; and with this object, everything is permissible!
There is a great difference between deeming a state permissible and proposing it as a condition of sanctity.
Moreover, my man's pride rebels against a measure which is only permissible in the case of a minor.
It is not permissible, not possible, to think in sounds, and to make music in words and thoughts?
On all such matters, passive or even active conformity to the policy of de facto rulers was permissible.
We may consider it permissible to think that a few more stains will not be much more visible.
It is permissible to say that there is no such thing as punishment; there are only wrong results.
"The court rules that it is both permissible and necessary to hear further testimony," announced the colonel.
It is not permissible for such a person or insurance company to insure the life of such a child.
The sale of indulgences had made all sins and transgressions permissible, and silenced every movement of conscience.
You have said to yourself: People doubtless exist who think that it might be permissible to eat human flesh!
If the prime object of the trip is for fishing purposes of course a more elaborate equipment is permissible.
It is not permissible to substitute written words or printed script, as that would make the test harder.
It is necessary and permissible, as has been remarked, to separate this problem from other closely related problems.
The feelings they express are associated with the unconscious of the race, if such a term is permissible.
It was, of course, not permissible for a negotiator to accept such a gift from the other party.
This was a daring instance of associating with enemy ideas, only permissible to the chemically pure in heart.
Under these circumstances it is quite permissible to draw the conclusion that he prefers yachting to horse racing.
You will see that his ferocious mind had adopted the maxim that to a king everything is permissible.
It is not permissible for them to say, I believe, simply; I have accepted it simply because I believe it.
What one may call municipal luxuries are not permissible if they permanently increase the cost of the dwelling.
Conversing across the table is permissible, provided the distance does not require the voice to be unduly raised.
The current density permissible is, however, limited by the composition of the electrodes and the solution.
If it were permissible in him in such a case to abandon her, a pretty chaos we should be in.
I heard you call your husband 'Henry' in the presence of strangers, which is not permissible in polite society.
Knowledge and the space permissible in an introduction such as this would alike fail me in such a task.
Permissible at times in dramatic blank verse, it is in epic rejected by the best artists as a weakness.
The biographer of the living cannot write with the detachment permissible to the historian of the dead.
It is not permissible to throw the ball at another player; it must always be tossed in the air.
Either action may be resisted, but means not permissible in the one case may be justified in the other.
Nowhere else does Balzac come nearer to that peculiar vanity which fancies that every license is permissible to talent.
This action, however, is all the more permissible since each man makes his own bow and arrow.
This is a splendid trick but only permissible to actors who pay themselves their own author's fees.
The least little dramatic murder was no longer permissible, and the fifth act had become an impossibility.
Latitude of this kind is only permissible if it opens up any weakness in the case against the prisoner.
It is therefore permissible to hope that in a year or two we may expect the story of his reconstruction.
The only occasion when a supplementary question is permissible is in case of a response whose meaning is not clear.
I have never considered it permissible to do a bad deed; or, at least, I have never found it pleasurable.
It is, for instance, extremely difficult to say where the limit is to be set for permissible marriages.
It is of course permissible to speculate, but one might be expected to furnish proof, when an assertion is made.
The Executive shook its wig and declared that to stop so awful a scandal any means were permissible.
A member cannot resign his seat, nor is it permissible for him to exchange it for any other.
Therapeutic abortion, as has been said, is never permissible, under any circumstances, if the child is not viable.
The cuffs and collar must be of plain linen, no color or flutter of ribbon being anywhere permissible.
It was one of those things as to which it was not permissible to open their lips to a soul.
Now he was, if it is permissible to say so of a good man, delighted that his prophecies were justified.
Suddenly she appeared to regret this freedom, permissible as it might be under the passing circumstances of a journey.
In previous tests with digits, it was permissible to re-read the first series if the child refused to respond.
If the subject forgets the statement of the problem, it is permissible to repeat it once, but only once.
It is not permissible to ask for the rule until all six parts of the experiment have been given.
It is not permissible, if the subject gives an incorrect answer, to ask him to solve the problem again.
Long range fire is permissible in pursuit on account of the moral effect of any fire under the circumstances.