 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 658 pages
...purpose of the argument, that those words do point in the direction of such an agreement ; but then it is impossible to shut one's eyes to the fact that the rest of the language used and the form which the transaction takes point as strongly, and as it seems... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1903 - 1082 pages
...not likely to affect the steady advance of Russia towards her desired goal. Without being alarmist, it is impossible to shut one's eyes to the fact that the position of affairs abroad, both in Eastern Europe and in Asia, is the reverse of satisfactory, and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1977 - 302 pages
...movement that gave us such works as the Histories of Grote and Thirlwall, and Arnold's Thucydides ; but it is impossible to shut one's eyes to the fact that the new learning tended to drive out the old learning, and that we lost to some extent our ancient reputation... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 1026 pages
...especially where we see that leave was given for the ship to touch at Newfoundland. At the same time it is impossible to shut one's eyes to the fact that the moral effect which the evidence would produce on reasonable minds would be considerable ; for if proof... | |
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Thucydides ; but it is impossible to shut one's eyes to the fact that the... 
