| 单词 | to the highest degree |
| 例句 | This situation was a complete turning of the tables between officer and inmate— payback time to the highest degree. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Its president said that the group was determined “to fulfill to the highest degree our obligation to the public.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z In Drea's case, she was violated by her boyfriend to the highest degree literally punishable by crime. Teen girls are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore on screen 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z I took the approach that the work should be finished to the highest degree, much as it would be in the renovation of an important church in Siena or Florence. Classical Epiphany 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “World on Fire” is theatrical arena rock to the highest degree — big drums and bigger power chords — sonically ascendent and thematically frustrated. Dolly Parton’s new album is a detour from country music — could R&B be next? 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z “We request that prevention measures be taken to the highest degree, as the weather conditions are adverse,” Cordoba’s Government and Security Minister Julián López wrote on social media. Evacuations underway in Argentina province as wildfires grow amid heat wave 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The video continues with Stailey pointing to the bull’s-eye on the photo of Jones-Sawyer while the narrator says, “and the perpetrators are held accountable to the highest degree.” California prison guard union places bull's-eye on Black lawmaker's photo in political ad 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z After nearly two weeks of low-key and uneventful tennis on the men’s side, Wimbledon finally spat out a matchup that promises drama to the highest degree. Shining brighter in twilight, Federer downs Nadal, and next faces Djokovic 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z “It’s the youth driving the inequality to the highest degree.” In World’s ‘Happiest’ Countries, Signs of a Happiness Gap 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z "Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that." Obituary: Aretha Franklin 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Let's call this the "high school crush" pairing, as each player -- aesthetically, at least -- elicits fawning from fans and media to the highest degree. Our favorite 2017 U.S. Open pairings - Golf Digest 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z “Here we are loyalists to the state to the highest degree,” Zefa noted. Trump’s missile attack on Syria air base helped ISIS and endangered civilians — but hawks call for more 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z “Here we are loyalists to the state to the highest degree,” he said. Syrian villagers near U.S. missile strike know the sound of battle — but never as horrific as this 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z “Anybody who leaks classified information will be held to the highest degree of law,” he added. Spicer muddles answer when pressed on Trump and Russia investigation 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Outside of adhering to the Roy Cohn Handbook of incessant and pervasive litigation, and the use of punch-drunk tactics, Trump is the exemplification of desperation to the highest degree. Officials Fight Donald Trump’s Claims of a Rigged Vote 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z And start moving to achieve that to the highest degree possible. Why Calls for a ‘National Conversation’ Are Futile 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Legislation will follow, corruption will vanish, and the nation will be carried by the accumulation of capital to the highest degree of opulence. Why the West (and the Rest) Got Rich 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z It requires a hospital and staff with really great training in infection control practices and the ability to deliver really sophisticated care while maintaining isolation and infection control practices to the highest degree. Here's What U.S. Leaders Learned from Ebola One Year Later 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Such issues might include “the problem of perfecting, to the highest degree possible, the quality of our lives and of our civilization.” The Blight of Bipartisanship 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z He says it’s “psychological abuse to the highest degree.” Gov Quinn signs law making ‘revenge porn’ a felony 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z While many processes were streamlined to the highest degree possible, certain things were never automated. The secret sauce in Pal’s Sudden Service’s success? Streamlining. Still, an online petition against the show describes it as “animal abuse to the highest degree and absolutely disgusting.” Paul Rosolie to be ‘eaten alive’ by anaconda for Discovery Channel 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Two of the traits where women outscored men to the highest degree — taking initiative and driving for results — have long been thought of as particularly male strengths. How To Uncover The 3 Hidden Talent Pools You Already Have 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates said, “Things that are in opposition to each other are friends to the highest degree.” Replay, Restart, and Try Again: Video Game Wisdom For The New Year 2013-12-28T17:12:00Z It told the High Court that the coroner was profoundly wrong because the material he wanted to put in a gist was “sensitive to the highest degree”. Litvinenko, courts and secrecy 2013-11-27T13:54:15Z In a word, the society which Charles gathered round him was cultivated and intellectual to the highest degree. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z They were all to the highest degree displeasing to her. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z The perfect composure with which Ichabod endured this species of torture, which, to one at all fearful or timid, would be exquisitely painful, excited the admiration of the Indians to the highest degree. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z The people are exasperated to the highest degree by the passage of troops, and the citizens are universally decided in the opinion that no more should be ordered to come. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z Hence the striving of the military organization to bring clearness, definiteness, exactness of relations and responsibilities, to the highest degree of development. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z The people of America have been too busy felling forests, ploughing fields, and building houses, to cultivate, to the highest degree, the aesthetic side of their natures. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z If he regarded his own part as that of an onlooker, the sense in which he understood observation was to the highest degree exacting. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z My fears increased to the highest degree—No one seemed to interest themselves about me. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z It seems to me the method most often employed and carried to the highest degree of perfection by the great Russians. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z God can in an instant raise up from the very stones children to Abraham and exalt the most corrupt natures to the highest degree of sanctity. Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z This possesses corrosive properties to the highest degree. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z In truth, there is no finer nut; and the time to enjoy it to the highest degree is a few weeks after the frost opens the burs and lets the nuts fall. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Then he is sweet, polite and winning to the highest degree.' Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z He also was agitated, distressed, but curious to the highest degree. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z He possesses magnetic power to the highest degree. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z What he paints is always completed to the highest degree. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z You may be sure that it was not without regret we quitted this delightful spot, which raised our curiosity and desire, to the highest degree, further to explore the country. Samboe; or, The African Boy 2011-09-04T02:00:04.743Z It was natural that a feeling of reverential respect should also animate myself and brother to the highest degree. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z The article alarmed the emperor's council to the highest degree, and orders were immediately issued for the construction of immense defensive works. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Like a musician whose ear is cultivated to the highest degree, the slightest discord was torture to him. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Her skin had browned to a rich glowing tint, and the healthy, natural life she led developed her form to the highest degree of symmetry. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z It is critical that we protect to the highest degree possible our Mission Critical systems. Is Obama Planning to Lose World War III? 2011-05-25T03:41:14Z Taste carried to the highest degree, if you always join to it an additional element, is genius. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Here cool, inflexible energy was developed to the highest degree, there the graceful art of beautifying life, elsewhere the sense of law and order, or other qualities that have made man master of the earth. Reflections on War and Death 2011-04-17T02:00:03.777Z Never were tidings more welcomed; the delay, brief as it was, had stimulated the ardor of the men to the highest degree, and they actually burned with impatience to be engaged. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z In the nature of things, as already explained, it is impossible for an intelligent being to rise to the highest degree of joy unless other like beings move along with him. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z Her will was untrained, while his was, and developed to the highest degree. Professor Huskins 2011-03-13T03:00:20.620Z "He was the true Dodger and represented the Dodgers to the highest degree of class, dignity and character," Hall of Fame Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda said. Hall of Fame center fielder Duke Snider dies at 84 2011-02-28T12:14:15Z Their resistance was identical in both factious to the highest degree. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z In any case, the comments of the press could not fail to increase the public excitement to the highest degree. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z He was a noble gentleman, princely in his tastes and culture, generous, pure, gifted with an intellect magnificent in itself, and cultivated to the highest degree of perfection. Love Works Wonders A Novel On his entering the cabin, the surprise in Mr. Talton's countenance increased to the highest degree. The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I He was open-handed to the highest degree; gave much to the poor, and gladly supported industrious people. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. In this little chapel on the wall hung three or four paintings, to the highest degree spiritual, as if to serve as a corrective to the two mythological pictures which we mentioned. Marguerite de Valois This declaration increased Frank's surprise to the highest degree. The Progressionists, and Angela. Mechanical production of any kind is an unsympathetic and inexorable thing, and the modern large daily newspaper, in its mechanical production, is unsympathetic and inexorable to the highest degree. From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 For whoever was a friend of her husband’s, and wished him well, to him she was an enemy; which troubled Albert to the highest degree, and brought him at last to his grave. Dürer Artist-Biographies The nobles retired, exasperated to the highest degree, and burning with desires for vengeance. Hernando Cortez Makers of History It was amusing to behold him bolstered up in bed, exultant to the highest degree. Little Wolf A Tale of the Western Frontier During the superintendence of M. Colbert, and his successor M. de Louvois, the making of tapestry is said to have been practised to the highest degree of perfection. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries There, efficiency had to be carried to the highest degree. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Nay, it is unjust to the highest degree; for compliance and weakness are the worst that can be laid to the charge of the one, whereas the other can seldom be excused from premeditated villainy. Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela (1754) For Héloïse and Abélard were not merely among the finest intellects of the Middle Ages; they were both, in different ways, to the highest degree passionately innovating natures. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion In Denmark it has developed to the highest degree. A Stake in the Land Such harm do dissensions cause, when, because there is no strength to attack them, they increase to the highest degree when agitated by violence. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. The school at this time had attained to the highest degree of efficiency which it is ever likely to reach. A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time He was not only a fighting, but to the highest degree an organizing, general. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The cell frescoes are, I have said, the most exclusively religious paintings in the world, since they are to the highest degree, what all absolutely pious art must be, aids to devotion. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion I confess that my indignation was roused to the highest degree. A Letter to Hon. Charles Sumner, with 'Statements' of Outrages upon Freedmen in Georgia I have seen, some seven years ago, works by J. Holland, which were, I think, as near perfection as water-color can be carried—for bona fide truth, refined and finished to the highest degree. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) George went through exactly the same thing; the consequence was we were all inflamed to the highest degree. The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware For He must endure to be reviled and slandered, to the highest degree. The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained If red hot knives sharpened to the highest degree had been run through my body constantly they could not have hurt me worse. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside Or grapes are pruned to make well-proportioned plants with the parts so disposed that the vines are to the highest degree manageable in the vineyard. Manual of American Grape-Growing Consequently, the chief and all his people were exasperated to the highest degree. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots He has carried to the highest degree their gracious and simple expression. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 The Senator’s daughter carried out the hopes of the doctors to the highest degree, and there came a day when Polly, at Ilga’s own request, was sent for. Polly of Lady Gay Cottage "Thus it was with Jones," says Fanning, "passionate to the highest degree one minute, and the next ready to make a reconciliation." Paul Jones It is also the result of developing manual skill to the highest degree. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome Fresh lace indicated the first degree of importance, her latest pair of shoes the second degree, and perfectly fresh white gloves raised the engagement to the highest degree of all. The Readjustment We should engage in the enterprise with a determination to carry it forward to the highest degree of success. Reflections on the Operation of the Present System of Education, 1853 And though he had sworn to maintain the Presbyterian form of church-government and discipline, &c. his desire of unlimited authority made him now relish Episcopacy to the highest degree: the bishops were his creatures. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies This is Christian fruit, and may God help every reader to bring it forth to the highest degree of perfection. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity The Duke of Orleans, maddened by his banishment, and exasperated to the highest degree against Maria Antoinette, whom he considered as the author of his exile, was intensely engaged in plotting measures of revenge. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series On which the ungrateful emperor ordered a brazen ox to be fabricated, and heated to the highest degree. Mediaeval Tales The intellect was stimulated to the highest degree, but the heart and the affections were left uncultivated. Public School Education His clothes were put on with extreme neatness; they were as spotless as those of a London policeman, and the brass numbers and letters polished to the highest degree. India and the Indians It is by its division, that labor, considered as a factor of production, is raised to the highest degree of efficiency. Principles Of Political Economy He adds, however, that the scheme of punishment was 'severe to the highest degree, and destitute of every sort of principle or system.' The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Their exasperation was increased to the highest degree, therefore, when they beheld her give her entire confidence to a foreigner, to a Cardinal, to a creature of Richelieu. Political Women, Vol. 1 The entries in his Diary, at this time, show that he was exasperated, to the highest degree, against Calef, to whom he applies such terms as, "a liar," "vile," "infamous," imputing to him diabolical wickedness. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply In some cases all the intellectual faculties are excited to the highest degree. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say That is to say, there is an evident desire for co-operation on the part of those nations who have attained to the highest degree of civilization and internal cohesion. The Romance of Mathematics Being the Original Researches of a Lady Professor of Girtham College in Polemical Science, with some Account of the Social Properties of a Conic; Equations to Brain Waves; Social Forces; and the Laws of Political Motion. These men were among the most subtle and accomplished diplomatists of their time, and the government they served was exacting and critical to the highest degree. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 The new art of the singer should develop to the highest degree the significance of the text. The Merry-Go-Round She was an elderly and faded person, very tall and painfully thin, but aristocratic to the highest degree. Vixen, Volume III. Mr. Jay found Lord Grenville commissioned by the king to treat with him, and the sincerity and candor of each soon led to the highest degree of mutual confidence. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Macrone no doubt was an adventurer, but he was sanguine to the highest degree. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete The sight of his mother pursued by these ruffians excited Deck to the highest degree, and without a thought of the danger he continued on his course until within a hundred feet of the porch. An Undivided Union We saw long ago that our rulers must possess every endowment of mind and body, all cultivated to the highest degree. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics But in reality, under the husband's depression, and under the wife's inexhaustible devotion, a combat was going on, which reached no third person, but was throughout poignant and tragic to the highest degree. Robert Elsmere It is in this sense that Bacon uses the word and his essays are condensed to the highest degree. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide As in every other manufacturing process both objects cannot be obtained to the highest degree without co-ordinate and universal efficiency throughout in plant and methods. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs When illness comes it should be our duty to maintain the vitality and resistance to the highest degree. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies Love is imitation; admiration, especially when it is raised to the highest degree and becomes adoration, is imitation. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John His education had rendered him punctilious, to the highest degree, in the observance of all those forms that betoken filial veneration. Fairy Fingers A Novel A sword-cut extended from the neck over the shoulder to the arm, not only unhealed, but to the highest degree inflamed. The Grateful Indian And other Stories And in these critical moments our faculties, our organs, our senses, exalted to the highest degree, are concentrated on one single point. Hortense Makers of History Series It was disapproved and denounced throughout England and Europe, as unnatural and inhuman; it was disapproved by the English commanders and even Loyalists in America, and inflamed the colonists to the highest degree. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 The Emperor Alexander hastened to Moscow, collected his armaments, and issued proclamations to his subjects, which excited them to the highest degree of enthusiasm to defend their altars and their firesides. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges How the new régimes would have worked in normal times it is profitless to speculate, because, as a matter of fact, the times were abnormal to the highest degree. The New World of Islam A strange day, this of my coronation, odd to pass through, to the highest degree illuminating in retrospect. The King's Mirror When I was last here, a theatre was considered by the good people as criminal to the highest degree. Olla Podrida The book also illustrates to the highest degree the author's power of drawing humorous characters; Miss Bates, Mr. Woodhouse, and Mrs. Elton in the first class, and Harriet Smith in the second. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record The metal which possesses this property to the highest degree, is platinum. Practical Mechanics for Boys All those around me were terrified to the highest degree, yet God kept me perfectly tranquil. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon His mind elevated to the highest degree of intelligence, his heart bent constantly to love what is good, he has almost assumed a second nature, and he lives upon earth a purely spiritual life. A Guide for the Religious Instruction of Jewish Youth There is yet another style of crossing which when practicable, may, it is believed, be made a means to the highest degree of improvement attainable, and especially in the breeding of horses. The Principles of Breeding or, Glimpses at the Physiological Laws involved in the Reproduction and Improvement of Domestic Animals Although polished to the highest degree, it was more quickly composed than any previous work and gave evidence of a practised hand. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Gold possesses this property to the highest degree. Practical Mechanics for Boys The experiment proved successful to the highest degree. Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. At the bar, in the pulpit, in the medical profession, and especially in political life, tact is the sine qua non to the highest degree of individual success. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) In Gógol's greatest work, "Dead Souls," all his qualities are developed to the highest degree, though there is less pathos than in some of the short stories. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections In addition to these attributes, Lord George was brave to the highest degree; and, in all engagements, was always the first to rush sword in hand into danger. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. “It is by nines that Eastern presents are given, when they would extend their magificence to the highest degree.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The control over Babylonia was an achievement that stirred the pride of the Assyrian rulers to the highest degree. The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria If education is useful in proportion as it tends to produce good men and women, the education given in Utopia is useful to the highest degree. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular The scene, as related, is pathetic to the highest degree. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. With a slight flush on her cheeks, which were delicate to the highest degree, she told all this to the baron, whose crumpled, faded face was gleaming with delight. The Argonauts Mr. Flower thinks that nationalism would mean governmentalism and paternalism—in the historic sense of those terms—raised to the highest degree; and that these are both bad things. The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 Worry, from whatever cause, should be avoided as one would avoid poison, if we would bring ourselves to the highest degree of efficiency. The Mind and Its Education In the confessional, man and woman attain to the highest degree of popish perfection: they become as dry sticks, as dead branches, as silent corpses, in the hands of their confessors. The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional He returned to Italy exasperated to the highest degree by the murder of his friends and the personal insults he had received. A Smaller History of Rome And as for the intellect, anything that science has done or could do to develop it to the highest degree, must be regarded as a step in the right direction. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post Far from being so, it makes pretensions of developing the religious feelings to the highest degree; and there is in the writings of its most distinguished disciples something which arouses even the most lethargic minds. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology Praise thou God that at last, through the divine teachings, thou hast obtained both sight and insight to the highest degree, and hast become firmly rooted in certitude and faith. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá He was always modest and humble, calling God to mind, and to the highest degree full of hope and faith. Memorials of the Faithful Treatment.—The maintenance of nutrition to the highest degree, and the institution of a strict antituberculous regime are demanded. Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery These are all still new things, experimental to the highest degree, changing and bound to change much more, in the period of specialization that is now beginning. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought A woman beautiful and alive to the highest degree. Joyce of the North Woods Where it succeeds black locust combines many of the desirable qualities to the highest degree. Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods This was, to the highest degree of probability, d'Éon's first entrance into diplomacy, and he triumphed in his mission. Historical Mysteries Edward Bulwer-Lytton's temper had always been warm and eager; it now grew irritable to the highest degree. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters As the latter went up, he could not help seeing him; and his astonishment evidently mounted to the highest degree, as manifested in his expression. Taken by the Enemy The effect upon the mind of primitive man must have been keen and vivid to the highest degree, and must have produced results of corresponding significance upon his spiritual development. Nature Mysticism Sustention of present revenue to the highest degree compatible with permanence. Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods The members who had been advanced to the highest degree, and hold the principal secrets of the order in connection with the colonel their leader, were about two hundred. Secret Band of Brothers A Full and True Exposition of All the Various Crimes, Villanies, and Misdeeds of This Powerful Organization in the United States. It was slow and troublesome work, and Marzio cared little for it, though his artistic instinct restrained him from allowing it to leave the workshop until it had been perfected to the highest degree. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster As a matter of fact Babylonian mythology fulfils our expectations in this regard to the highest degree. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria The inhabitants of the country proved themselves in all that concerned the elections wide awake to the highest degree. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy From my observatory, I have seen thousands together a long way off, looking like countless swarms of flies, and all moving in a compact mass, as though they were gregarious to the highest degree. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah Nor was William, on his side, backward; though prodigal to the highest degree, the resources of his tyranny and extortion were inexhaustible. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) It was a laugh of mirth, relief and triumph, all carried to the highest degree. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad The night air was keen and sharp, but perfectly calm, and I felt myself awakened to the highest degree, almost as if my senses were volatilised by the still and ice-cold air. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales The position of the country is dangerous to the highest degree; therefore upon all of you, upon all the politically conscious children of the working-people of Russia, lies an enormous responsibility. Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy Of course they are not in the least ingenuous, as a fact, but self-conscious and elaborate to the highest degree. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 From the standpoint of the individual pupil his peculiar qualities are not likely to be fashioned to the highest degree of usefulness by this procedure. The High School Failures A Study of the School Records of Pupils Failing in Academic or Commercial High School Subjects I believe in taking one selection of Bach, say a Two-voiced Invention, and perfecting it, playing it in various ways—transposing it into all keys and polishing it to the highest degree possible. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers The door by which the horseman had entered was thrown wide open, and the bovine, vexed to the highest degree of wrath, came into the arena with a bounding run. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East He had their intellectual and moral qualities carried to the highest degree of superiority. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 Is it not strange to refuse psychological treatment precisely to those who present psychological disorders to the highest degree, and to place the insane who thinks and suffers altogether outside of psychology? A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 The outrageous insult incensed Ivan to the highest degree, and he vowed that the Poles should feel the weight of his displeasure. The Empire of Russia So with études; instead of playing at so many, is it not better to perfect a few and bring them up to the highest degree of completeness? Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers Its provisions exasperated the Abolitionists to the highest degree. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years In cases which develop to the highest degree, it naturally follows that the patient wastes away to a great extent. Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Therefore you should use to the highest degree of activity and of quality what you know about the effect of dress in helping to create a good impression. Certain Success Again was Ellen aroused to the highest degree of alarm; but this time, expecting nothing less than speedy death for the unfortunate baby, she despatched the entire household in search of a physician. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 This phrase or expression is of course artificial to the highest degree: and it is to it that the reproach of depending on mechanical aids chiefly applies. The English Novel The head and stern are rude with respect to the design; but very neatly finished, and polished to the highest degree. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 Such was the youth and such the man—gay, debonair, and popular to the highest degree, but always uncontrollable and reckless. Love Romances of the Aristocracy They acted as the last straw, coming as they did on the top of the flogging system which had already enraged the English public mind to the highest degree. The Liberation of Italy It is engaging to the highest degree, and wins the hearts of all our acquaintance. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Perhaps it is shown to the highest degree in their practice of the suttee, or burning of widows. Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. There is no aristocracy in Norway, however; still, though the democracy everywhere rules, that does not prevent it from being aristocratic to the highest degree. Ticket No. "9672" Reasoning is the art of developing, to the highest degree, the suppositions resulting from deduction. Common Sense, How to Exercise It Breuning certainly possesses many admirable qualities, but he thinks himself quite faultless; whereas the very defects that he discovers in others are those which he possesses himself to the highest degree. Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 He hath neither genius nor gusto for business,… and is zealous for the monarchy and Church to the highest degree. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings This proclamation and these letters called together thousands of men, mostly from Missouri, with passions inflamed to the highest degree, and whose only thought was wholesale slaughter and destruction. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler Every pastor has the rich opportunity of speaking to the children, and desires to magnify this opportunity for indoctrination to the highest degree. In His Image Breathe through the nose, always, in running, and master to the highest degree the trick of making a great air reservoir of your lungs. The High School Pitcher Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond It is restrained, impersonal, and polished to the highest degree. Landmarks in French Literature In the Windy City the department stores—that mammoth of modern commerce—is developed to the highest degree. Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways Our boots being presently brought up to the highest degree of polish, and our garments cleansed of every disfiguring speck, we paid a few sous apiece and turned out again into the streets. In the Days of My Youth A lovely poem, called "My Withered Blossom," which appeared in a fashionable magazine shortly after, was the out-come of this experience, and increased the fashionable sympathy to the highest degree. Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel Essex and Waller could never agree; the Earl of Manchester and the Lord Willoughby differed to the highest degree; and the king's affairs went never the worse for it. Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. It is coloured and vital to the highest degree. Landmarks in French Literature Thus the normal state can take the concentric and eccentric form, and become at the same time, doubly normal; that is, normal to the highest degree. Delsarte System of Oratory The crowd, roused to the highest degree of fury, escorted the magician with yells; but he left the enclosure, crossed Kazounde, and reentered the forest, walking nearly three miles, without resting for a moment. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen We have to learn it to live," said the hunter gravely, "but with Tayoga it is an art carried to the highest degree of perfection. The Lords of the Wild A Story of the Old New York Border This symbolism pervades the whole of the ritual, from the lowest to the highest degree, wherever white vestments or white decorations are used. The Symbolism of Freemasonry Now, that hatred was intensified to the highest degree of malignity. Woman: Man's Equal Where are the positives which are here supposed to be "increased to the highest degree?" The Grammar of English Grammars She was honest, truthful, genuine to the highest degree. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Embroidering is the occupation of the Grecian women; to the Greeks we owe this art, which is exceedingly ancient among them, and has been carried to the highest degree of perfection. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 403, December 5, 1829 For a friendship of this character, Winckelmann felt himself born—not only capable of it, but requiring it to the highest degree. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The name of the Elkington firm has a world-wide fame, and their splendid artistic achievements may almost be said to be epoch-making in the way of combining utility with beautiful design to the highest degree. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" In such a man animal instinct ascends to the highest degree admissible in this world. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Everything about him, stomach and brain, were overexcited to the highest degree. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon To educate some to the highest degree, and leave the mass wholly uncultivated, as you did, made the gap between them almost like that between different natural species, which have no means of communication. Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 To elevate a State from the lowest degree of barbarism to the highest degree of opulence," wrote A. Smith, "but three things are necessary,— peace, moderate taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice. System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery The next day I related to Conseil and the Canadian the events of the night, which had excited my curiosity to the highest degree. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea A sign which was revolutionary to the highest degree. Les Misérables He invites them to his home, treats them hospitably, and after supper tells them sweet and pleasant tales, "among his words an incident wonderful to the highest degree." The Book of Delight and Other Papers Whereto adding, that they lay out beforehand but a portion of the money due, and that onely for some small time, you shall find it grow to the highest degree of extremitie. The Survey of Cornwall And an epistle concerning the excellencies of the English tongue This did not seem a satisfactory state of things for a tribunal dealing with matters which excited people's passions and feelings to the highest degree, and on which parties were angrily divided. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. His outward appearance may have been pleasing to the highest degree, but yet it was no easy matter to fathom what lay beneath it. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Mr. B---- had made it a rule to gratify his five senses to the highest degree of enjoyment of which they were susceptible. Paris as It Was and as It Is His characters are invariably typical portraits drawn from various classes of Russian society, strikingly life-like and realistic to the highest degree. The Grand Inquisitor London coal-gas, which was formerly purified to the highest degree practically attainable, used to contain on the average only 10 to 12 grains of sulphur per 100 cubic feet, and virtually no other impurity. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power Thus Posterity are taught to look upon these Voyages as hazardous to the highest degree. Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World After the battle of Borodino, on September 5th. and 7th., the army marched to Moscow and arrived there on September 11th., exhausted to the highest degree from hunger and misery. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 Under him, cleanliness, tranquillity, plenty, and safety were brought to the highest degree of perfection in this city. Paris as It Was and as It Is The greatest amount of brain-power cultivated to the highest degree does not make a man wise, and about many a student and thinker God pronounces the sentence 'Thou fool!' Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes This seemed to excite our gay charioteer to the highest degree. Castilian Days But he never lost hope; and his sufferings served to bring out his indomitable, heroic spirit, and to stimulate him to the highest degree of intellectual activity. Poets of the South A crisis was evidently approaching, and public feeling all over the Country was wrought up to the highest degree of tension and stood tip-toe with intense expectancy. The Great Conspiracy, Volume 2 Such is the present state of the mineralogical collection of the Conseil des Mines, which the superintendants will, no doubt, with time and attention, bring to the highest degree of perfection. Paris as It Was and as It Is Caligraphy, or the art of writing, is also carried by the Shirázis to the highest degree of perfection, and they are said to be the best penmen in the East. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán On the contrary, the arduous campaigns through which he had passed seemed to have hardened him—developing to the highest degree the native strength of his physical organization. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee There are passions which may rise to the highest degree of intensity without reducing the responsibility. The Positive School of Criminology Three Lectures Given at the University of Naples, Italy on April 22, 23 and 24, 1901 To burden with superfluous officers, and unnecessary expenses, a people already overwhelmed with taxes, and overrun with the dependents on the crown, is, surely, to the highest degree cruel and absurd. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I One of these circles marked the temperature, graduated from the lowest to the highest degree ever known in that latitude. Across the Zodiac Thus Sidney and Jonson, the outstanding classicists in English renaissance criticism, exhibit to the highest degree the influence of the most rhetorical of Italian renaissance critics. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism This corrective is found in the exalted idealism which characterizes the great saints and reformers, such as Augustine, or Francis, or Teresa, or Ignatius—souls at once mystical and energetically practical to the highest degree. The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) To live this life of ours well, to live it to the highest degree of perfection, we must fashion it according to the glorious life of Christ. How to Live a Holy Life But that this is the consequence of estimating ships at an imaginary value in the offices of insurance, is, to the highest degree, evident. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I Her ringing, merry laugh was cheering to the highest degree. Marguerite Verne Their ideas of grace and beauty were realized to the highest degree ever known on earth. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. It might be possible, perhaps, to form a measure of moral pleasure, from the lowest to the highest degree, and to determine by this principle of propriety the degree of pain or pleasure experienced. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller Suffer me then, madam," cries he, "at your feet to explain both, by laying open my soul to you, and declaring that I doat on you to the highest degree of distraction. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling The couvade is developed to the highest degree in South America and the West Indies. The Naturalist in Nicaragua She could brook no opposition to her will, and she was piqued to the highest degree that Marguerite did not break forth with the wildest terms of extravagant congratulation. Marguerite Verne Amongst other eminently French qualities, my father possessed the gift of repartee to the highest degree. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville The owner can bring it up to the highest degree of fertility, and keep it there by judicious management. The Home Acre Mrs Honour insisted still to have him called, saying, "she was sure, instead of being angry, that he would be to the highest degree delighted when he knew the occasion." History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Her eyes were like her son's, prominent, and gave the sense of seeing all round at once, and her smile was to the highest degree engaging. The Chaplet of Pearls Mr. Verne was piqued to the highest degree when his wife spoke of her intended tour. Marguerite Verne He was a very superior man, under whose most enlightened, but at the same time most absolute, of governments, the colony rose to the highest degree of prosperity. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville Perhaps the majority of lawyers practising in the courts are reputable to the highest degree, and many of the rest merely to a safe degree. The Ear in the Wall To put the system of separate bed-rooms into practice is to attain to the highest degree of intellectual power and of virility. The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene Again he sets out, his mind hung in suspense, and his emotions agitated to the highest degree. Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life Mrs. Buckley was rich and sophisticated and—in her own opinion—cultured to the highest degree. Galusha the Magnificent Even so do they, detached from all that others prize, by the burning fire of a true philosophy, ascend to the highest degree of happiness. Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 According to him, real chastity developed the powers of the mind to the highest degree, and gave to those that practised it unknown faculties. Balzac Its abundant mineral wealth, especially in coal and iron, has stimulated manufactures to the highest degree, while its insular character and numerous seaports have had a similar stimulating effect upon commerce. A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict This is exasperating to the highest degree, and is destructive to the discipline of an elephant. Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 In sailing from Teneriffe to the south-east, the various and picturesque appearances of the Peak are beautiful to the highest degree. A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany-Bay Upon the 'Change to-day Colvill tells me, from Oxford, that the King in person hath justified my Lord Sandwich to the highest degree; and is right in his favour to the uttermost. 6th. The Diary of Samuel Pepys His spelling was phonetic to the highest degree, and though he owned to having done sums, he would not, or did not answer the simplest question in mental arithmetic. Clever Woman of the Family Some elements of those intellectual pursuits may also have occupied the attention of the Irish student during the twelve, fifteen, or twenty years of his preparation for being ordained to the highest degree of ollamh. Irish Race in the Past and the Present But this man neither is nor ever was upon the earth; but there are infinite millions of men unhappy to the highest degree in the state and government of Jupiter, which is most excellently administered. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies But he has portrayed me right from the start as a person who is to the highest degree unqualified for taking the oath. My Life and My Efforts "Really," said the chevalier, "as far as I am concerned, I confess that this magnanimity astonishes me to the highest degree." Ten Years Later Had he not seen the possibility of, and passionately desired, the regeneration of the sinful human race, and his own progress to the highest degree of perfection? War and Peace Without waiting for her friend's loyal assent, she continued rapidly: "And he's just rolling in wealth! and educated, papa says, to the highest degree!" Susy, a story of the Plains For what is wanting to bring them to the highest degree of speaking paradoxes, but the saying of such things? Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The scene where I indulged in them was, for preference, the maidservants' room, where a plot suitable for a novel was in progress—a plot which touched and engrossed me to the highest degree. Boyhood It was some days before he mentioned my brother's meditated death to me again, and certainly he then found me exasperated against him personally to the highest degree. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner The other is to carry one of these excellences to the highest degree. Seven Discourses on Art They are irritated to the highest degree, and despair of any constitutional remedy against the oppressions of a corrupt officer, while the governor, BE HE WHO HE MAY, is thus dependent on ministers of state. The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3 He had to the highest degree every element of effective speech. My Memories of Eighty Years Godefroid's curiosity was excited to the highest degree by this first entrance on his new life. The Brotherhood of Consolation Fear is a half-diseased sentiment, which presses so violently upon the human mechanism that the faculties are suddenly excited to the highest degree of their power or driven to utter disorganization. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau His conceit rose to the highest degree, and his mannerisms commenced to become offensive to others. The Foundations of Personality His situation naturally developes in him to the highest degree a peculiar class of abilities and a peculiar class of vices. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 In the consuls of the three powers what Bismarck used to call the furor consularis was developed to the highest degree. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 You know Madame now,—you know if she is wanting in sense, judgment, reflection; in fact, she has those qualities to the highest degree. The Brotherhood of Consolation "You excite my curiosity to the highest degree," said Vallombreuse, "and I cannot even imagine what this urgent business may be about." Captain Fracasse His was surely one of the finest of sympathies, delicate, sensitive, elastic, vital to the highest degree, the like of which is all too rare among men, though hardly described by the term `feminine'. A Biography of Sidney Lanier This building is called Hide House; and as they live very usefully, and to the highest degree obliging among their neighbours, they meet with no obstruction or disturbance from anybody. From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman" |
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