 | Rufus King - Legislators - 1895 - 702 pages
...might be agreed that such articles might be supplied by either. In regard to our situation with France it is easier to say what it is not, than what it really is, & I could only express my hope that it might soon become less doubtful & better denned.... | |
 | Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin Earl of Dunraven - Ireland - 1905 - 78 pages
...salaries and pensions. It is difficult to describe what is commonly called '' Castle Government." - It is easier to say what it is not than what it is. It is not a democratic form of government, for the people have nothing whatever to say to it, either through... | |
 | Francis Henry Smith - Bible and science - 1906 - 246 pages
...things, it is often counterfeited. Mock humility is too common. True humility is rarer than it should be. It is easier to say what it is not, than what it is. It is not servility. This cowardly trait, unlike humility, is often accompanied by great sensitiveness... | |
 | Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin Earl of Dunraven - Ireland - 1907 - 312 pages
...for salaries and pensions. It is difficult to describe what is commonly called " Castle Government." It is easier to say what it is not than what it is. It is not a democratic form of government, for the people have nothing to say to it, either through some... | |
 | Salomon Reinach - Architecture - 1907 - 382 pages
...Style. The evolution of this style is still in its initial stage, and it is difficult to define it. It is easier to say what it is not than what it is. Of all the styles hitherto known, it is the first which has conscientiously pursued novelty, and has... | |
 | New York State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1913 - 1302 pages
...particular case is left by the courts, as in cases of fraud, to be determined when occasion arises. It is easier to say what it is not, than what it is ; but, a temporary majority of the electorate would be a very uncertain guide in determining whether... | |
 | Walter Hines Page, Arthur Wilson Page - American literature - 1920 - 962 pages
...one of "up-Iift" or of welfare work; it is not a sentimental betterment affair of any description. But it is easier to say what it is not than what it is, for with all of its reality it is thoroughly intangible. The only tangible fact about it is that it... | |
 | Henry Waters Taft - Law - 1920 - 368 pages
...particular case is left by the courts, as in cases of fraud, to be determined when occasion arises. It is easier to say what it is not, than what it is; but a temporary majority of the electorate would be a very uncertain guide in determining whether an... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1924 - 678 pages
...word " charitable " in this connection. It certainly is narrower than the word " benevolent," although it is easier to say what it is not than what it is. That was not contested at the Bar. Is it narrower than the word "patriotic"? because if " patriotic... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1880 - 428 pages
...ft. n.6 in.) from floor to architrave. With reference to the idea involved in the body of the shaft, it is easier to say what it is not than what it is. The shaft is obviously not understood to be composed of separate stalks, like the bundle columns. But... | |
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I could, and discover the causes of the distemper ; but it is easier to say what it is not, than what it is. 
