| 单词 | extreme point |
| 例句 | “But how hard your mind must have worked and how you endangered yourself to the extreme point where vertigo is inevitable.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But how did Jackson arrive at this extreme point of delusive self-fashioning? Michael Jackson: King of hypochondria 2010-04-23T23:14:00Z But there are such extreme points of view these days, and dialogue doesn’t seem to be happening. Table For Three: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Nancy Pelosi: A Power Lunch, Times Two 2014-04-04T22:47:29Z How literally did Solanas intend for its more extreme points to be taken? ArtsBeat: A Sad and Remarkable Life: Breanne Fahs Talks About ‘Valerie Solanas’ 2014-04-23T21:34:55Z For much of the past century, "Henry V" has been a vehicle for more extreme points of view. ArtsBeat: In London, a 'Henry V' That Doesn't Take Sides 2012-06-27T15:15:09Z “I think the Republicans came off more extreme and when you get to that more extreme point, it is the thermostat effect where the electorate will say, ‘I don’t like where you are going. Not tired of winning —just tired: Americans dislike Biden despite his claims of big accomplishments 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z “Instead of fighting over things we can’t change, let’s talk about what matters,” he said, saying the abortion debate has been overtaken by extreme points of view. In suburban Md., Dems bet abortion outrage can flip a state Senate seat 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z That would seem to point a finger at cable news outlets that fill air time with debates on particular issues, often pitting people with extreme points of view. Survey finds young people follow news, but without much joy 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z He wants panel discussions to be informative, not dominated by extreme points of view. CNN management intent on changing perception of the network 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z One important feature of the graph is that it has an extreme point, called the vertex. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z Or it seems like the people taking the most extreme points of view are the loudest. ‘Lapvona’ author Ottessa Moshfegh on her writing process and divisions in society 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z He has taken this sort of campaign gamble before, shifting from moderation to more extreme points of view before shifting back again, a tactic that helped him win the party’s leadership last year. To Unseat Trudeau, Canada’s Top Conservative Leans Left 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The Little Ice Age, for example, reached its extreme point in the 15th century in the Pacific Ocean, the 17th century in Europe and the 19th century elsewhere, says one of the studies. Scientific consensus on humans causing global warming passes 99% 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z A 10-minute break between the third and fourth set will also be introduced in men’s singles matches when the five-point scale nears its most extreme point. Australian Open develops new extreme heat policy 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z When the graph has an extreme point, Since the cosine function has an extreme point for let us write our equation in terms of a cosine function. Algebra and Trigonometry 2015-02-13T00:00:00Z “To me it’s just a very extreme point of view … we can’t have people talking like this,” she said. Sen. Maria Cantwell faces 28 primary challengers, including Republican Susan Hutchison 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Through its characters, it offers two different extreme points of view. Black Panther is the grown-up Marvel movie we’ve been waiting for 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z In the end, after everyone has stated and moved from their extreme points of view –yes, some perhaps racist—will the final deal be a fair one? A Senior Republican Senator Admonishes Trump: ‘American Is an Idea, Not a Race’ 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z “They picked an extreme point of view and spoke a lot about it. I’m not sure how much those people writing the speeches and talking points really knew about it.” Trump attacked the Paris accord as the worst kind of globalism — can he walk it back? 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z I think the reality is, it’s an extreme point in time. Director Susanne Bier on creating the international intrigue of John Le Carré's The Night Manager 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z It happened gradually, but we’ve now reached the extreme point where even one of Newt Gingrich’s revolutionaries is considered too squishy to be a true Republican. John Kasich may be the Jon Huntsman of 2016 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Roy Cohen, career coach and author of "The Wall Street Professional’s Survival Guide," agrees that extreme points of view are a red flag. What Not to Tweet in a Job Search 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z This is especially true at extreme points in the market, when one style clearly trumps the other. Active Versus Passive Management: Which Is Better? 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z It may seem like an extreme point of view, but in the era of the crowd, people increasingly are empowered to get what they need from each other. OracleVoice: New Ways To Embrace The Power Of The Crowd 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Today, Chromebooks are not the direct alternative to Apple MacAirs, but they do bookend the other extreme point in the market: a cheap “internet appliance” that challenges users to rely on the cloud. Is Google the New "Think Different?" 2013-01-21T12:09:28Z About midway between the two extreme points was the royal palace of Maesmynen. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z You might conceivably have questioned him to the extreme point when his unadmitting blue eyes would have said, as plain as speech, "What is an apple?" Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z The two extreme points of difference in the Linn�an kingfishers, are seen in the Alcedo Ispida, and A. gigantea; the last of which has been made into the genus Dacelo. Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals 2012-04-19T02:00:34.283Z With this view, he advanced to the extreme point where his person could be obscured in the shadow—a distance of six or eight feet from the entrance. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z A narrow tongue of land divides it from the main water, the extreme point of which is called Cumberland Head. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z The wheels are set very close, so that the distance between the extreme points of contact of the wheels and the rail, of the front and rear drivers, is nine feet four inches. Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works 2012-04-03T02:00:35.800Z Here, finding the land trend to the west, he came to the conclusion that he had reached the extreme point of Asia, and that the continent of America, although contiguous, did not join it. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The gaol wall was nearly twenty-two feet high, and the chevaux de frise three feet from the point of one revolving spike to its extreme point. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z The period when Roman incredulity reached its extreme point had been the century that preceded and the half century that followed the birth of Christ. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z All four boys rushed to an extreme point of the ledge, which commanded a partial view of the public road. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z Notwithstanding what Bradford says, the name of Mallebarre is affixed to the extreme point of Cape Cod on early French maps. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z When James I. planted Ulster with staunch Protestants, the ousted Catholics fled, some to Connaught, some to the extreme points of the north-western county where nothing flourished but wild birds. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Within two or three yards of the extreme point is a small pole, sustained in the centre of a pile of stones. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z In the same year William Bird occupied three hundred and sixty acres at the extreme point of the peninsula, and named his proposed city Bird's Point. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z From the extreme point of that roof Gordon believed that he could command a view of the room. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z At the entrance a light-house is built on the extreme point of the Neck; and on a tongue of land of the opposite shore is Fort Sewall—a beckoning finger and a clenched fist. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Perhaps the razor was blunt, perhaps it was the cold water, anyhow I inflicted a gash on the extreme point of my chin which bled profusely. Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience 2012-01-25T03:00:36.210Z "We're at such an extreme point that just the absence of a major credit event would prompt people to reassess the market," Mr. Scott says. Stocks: Is It Time to Buy Europe? 2012-01-21T03:24:27Z In England you cannot in one direction get any farther than the extreme point of Cornwall. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z The extreme points of the State, east and west, north and south, were to be brought together by thirteen hundred miles of iron rails. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Some of the sailors, who accompanied us as porters and escort, went forward as far as the extreme point of the bay, but there also they found no trace of any human abode. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The Colonel spoke of an Englishwoman's tomb, completely abandoned on the extreme point of Cap-Ferrat. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z What a long road man has travelled between these two extreme points of religion! Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z I shall commence with the Chinese Empire, because, among the fifteen historical countries included in the line of civilization we have drawn above, it occupies the extreme point of Eastern Asia. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z Between the extreme points of its flight, the energy of the body is compounded of these two forms, one of which is increasing at the expense of the other. The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena 2011-12-21T03:00:36.570Z Between these two extreme points of its superior portion it is attached to the cervical ligament. Artistic Anatomy of Animals 2011-12-17T03:00:16.893Z She was kept busy quarreling with a stubborn old couple, an aged peasant and his wife, who were refusing to sell her the extreme point of the headland. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z In him scholarship and faith have reached their extreme points. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z This village is the extreme point of navigation, as, immediately beyond, the river becomes much more shallow, and is broken into falls and rapids. The Adventures of John Jewitt Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Indians of Nootka Sound in Vancouver Island 2011-11-15T03:00:19.650Z It has now reached an extreme point, and must be speedily checked, or the last inhabitant will be compelled to retreat when the last tree falls. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z It was not of the present moment they were thinking--no, none but children and old people, the two at the extreme points of life--take pleasure in the present moment. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z The whole force of the fire companies and citizens should be concentrate it the extreme point at which it extended; every effort should be made to prevent its progressing together. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z This is indeed the extreme point among the means of devotion. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z One animal in an apparent dispersal was tracked a straight line distance of 129 miles between extreme points. Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota 2011-10-03T02:00:28.037Z You know this is one of my favourite walks—I like that fine mass of bare granite running far out into the river, and the beautiful view from its extreme point. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z It must not, for instance, reside in the same habitation with a corpse, lest its delicately-refined nerves should sustain injury, or be excited to an extreme point of agony! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z He lived at one of the extreme points of the town with an old woman whose daughter was in a consumption. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Euclid’s Definition 4, I., “A straight line is that which lies evenly between its extreme points,” must be meaningless to any one who has not the notion of straightness in his mind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z For the duchess's kiss she lifted her veil the least bit and presented the extreme point of her chin. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z The grass around us glittered in the darkest green, which in the distance grew lighter and lighter, till at the extreme point of sight it melted away into the blue colour of the sky. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Instead of the whole or most part of the triangular tableland of the top, the force occupied merely a cramped position on the extreme point. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z Beyond the cape an island was reached, to which the name of the leader, Lieutenant Lockwood, was given, and the extreme point of which furnished their "farthest North." The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z We passed Big Shanty, passed Marietta, which had been the extreme point of our former journey southward, and went on to Atlanta. Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. 2011-07-19T02:00:19.070Z The extreme points in controversy are fixed with a good deal of certainty. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z There it remains alone on this European soil, of which it occupies certain extreme points, like a bit of abandoned booty tempting the cupidity of the Christian world. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z We are led to believe, therefore, that this remarkable luminary will go on revolving faster and faster, till its extreme point of condensation is attained. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z "An ugly trick that of his—to bolt and leave you stranded at the extreme point of the mainland where the bay swings around!" The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z There was an extreme point in Massillon’s discourses at which mere reason, having done, and done terribly, its utmost, was fain to confess that it could not go a single step farther. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z So passed several hours, and Arkady's misery reached an extreme point. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z Abigail Williams stood on a strip of white sand at the extreme point of the promontory. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Filey comes in sight, and Filey Brig, a long black bar stretching into the sea from the extreme point of the great bay, half concealed at times by a quivering ridge of foam. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z "There he is himself, Sir," said the steersman to Grenfell, as he pointed to a lone rock on the extreme point of a promontory. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Leaving the room was the extreme point to which he allowed his displeasure to manifest itself when with her. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z It was lower than the main bank, and bare of timber—except at its extreme point, where a sort of island had been formed, higher than the peninsula itself. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z And so he reached the extreme point, where, peering wildly about, like some hunted creature seeking a way of escape, he turned at bay. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Production and trade, however much one is the condition of the other, at their extreme points are hostile forces. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z In respect to the disparity it may be replied that the two extreme points are observable in all the nations of the earth. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z In a little cabin standing on the extreme point of the promontory of Howth, which its fisherman owner usually let to lodgers in the bathing-season, Sir Brook Fossbrooke had taken up his abode. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z The extreme points of land upon the several coasts are Cape Bon upon the north, Cape Verd upon the west, Cape of Good Hope upon the south, and Cape Guardafui upon the east. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It is situated at the extreme point of Burlington Bay, at the head of Lake Ontario, with a population, annually increasing, of about three thousand. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z There are some persons who will follow, in defiance of taste and judgment, the fashion to its most extreme point; this is a sure mark of vulgarity. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z From the extreme point shut in, like the lantern of a lighthouse, one can see to the right quite a group of mountains, and in front and to the left the plain of Alsace. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z During the last fortnight, the regiment, which had been pushed to the extreme point of the front, was flanked by the Belgian lines on the one side and the British lines on the other. The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z "Look, over there, at the extreme point of the island," said Honorine, "you can see a corner of the Priory." The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z One more wave and we shall be swept away from this extreme point of the earth, torn from the stalks on which we now sit apart, and made one in death. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z The whole mind is excited to the utmost, and concentrated at its extreme point of excitation for hours and days, with the additional waste of sleepless nights, profuse drinking, and other congenial immoralities. Gamblers and Gambling 2010-12-26T03:00:19.913Z Not indeed altogether so homogeneous as the Nearctic area, it presents, however, even at its extreme points, no very striking difference between the bulk of its birds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z So from an extreme point of view, not vaccinating your child can be seen as an act of mass homicide. 2010-02-02T18:01:00Z On the west the extreme point of Asia is found on the shore of the Mediterranean, at Cape Baba, in 26� E., nor far from the Dardanelles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Style—Chesty effect, oval lapels, with small rounded corners, roll low, shoulders trifle wider than natural, raising extreme points with wadding. The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines They left the cake of ice upon which they had passed the night at 8 A. M. and only got ashore at the extreme point of Cap Chat at daylight next morning. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. He chose the extreme points of the freezing and boiling of water, which, under similar circumstances, are always fixed and unvarying. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History The work is then removed and the tailstock is shifted along the bed until the distance a—b between the extreme points of the centers is exactly 1 foot. Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. If not sour to the last degree the cook has orders to baste it with vinegar while roasting, so as to secure the extreme point of acidity. Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions Style—Chesty effect, oval lapels, with concave edge, shoulders trifle wider than natural, and wadding on extreme points, to give square effect; roll low. The Copeland Method A Complete Manual for Cleaning, Repairing, Altering and Pressing All Kinds of Garments for Men and Women, at Home or for Busines At the south-west of the island, Back Bay, a shallow basin rather more than 2 m. in breadth, runs inland for about 3 m. between the extreme points of the two ranges of hills. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" I was coming back then on Tuesday, very disconsolate indeed from a long day's fruitless search, when I saw a perfect gem of a place standing on the extreme point of a promontory near Caserta. Tony Butler It was the extreme point of perfection at which she would arrive at last, when her thoughts had become sublimated by the intensity of her thinking. Ayala's Angel Lafcadio Hearn's was a personality and genius which people will always judge from the extreme point of view in either direction. Lafcadio Hearn Its most extreme point is called Buddon Ness, off which are the dangerous shoals locally known as the Roaring Lion, in consequence of the deep boom of the waves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The pupils in amazement pointed out to each other a plough, which a horse was drawing up and down the extreme point of the island. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine This act of reparation lies in a moral sacrifice of obedience, carried to the extreme point by the shedding of His blood. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition At two points, the extreme points for us, the human process is palpable. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History This port was made more secure by an iron chain drawn across its entrance, from the extreme point of one headland to the other. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Finding a ford they crossed the river, and this was the extreme point which the governor reached westward. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia When he last adverted to the duration of the present parliament, his object was to remind your Majesty of the extreme point to which that duration might extend. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) The letter revealed to him the extreme point in his ruin. Toilers of the Sea Here is the consummate flower of industrial and capitalist production, namely, England, while at other points survives the artisan, vigorous or rickety, at Paris and at Naples, to grasp the fact in its extreme points. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History The works were terminated, on the extreme point, by a low bastion, or rather demi-bastion, called the Spur. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 At last I sat down at the extreme point of Lombock, lamenting. The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man and The Cold Heart By invitation from the captain I accompanied him in walking around the entire island, avoiding, however, the extreme point to the westward, where albatross were nesting. The Last Cruise of the Saginaw They stretch over thirteen degrees of latitude in the warmer portion of the south-temperate zone, their extreme points corresponding to the latitudes of Vienna and Cyprus. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras The sacrifice of consummate obedience is carried to its extreme point and accepted in its perfection. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition Taking warning by the fate of their countrymen, they avoided the palisades, and, pursuing a more northerly course, stood for the extreme point of the Spur. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 The extreme point of this island seemed to merge into the sea, on which large vessels were navigating. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun But our geometry cannot span these extreme points, and reconcile them. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse She indicates the extreme point of worldly success to which these qualities will carry a person, and also the impossibility of their providing against all contingencies in life. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 At this point the promenade is fully three-fourths of a mile wide, gradually narrowing to a width of less than one hundred feet at the extreme point. Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century The extreme point of the promontory was crowned by the Castle of St. Elmo, built by the order, soon after its arrival in the island, on the spot which commanded the entrance into both harbors. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 This city situated midway between the extreme points of his former missionary journeys was a place where he could have an intelligent oversight over all the work which he had previously accomplished. Bible Studies in the Life of Paul Historical and Constructive Similarly, German students, squabbling over love affairs or other trivial matters, fight with a long sort of foil, which has a very short lancet blade at the extreme point. Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence But short of this extreme point, there is almost no amount of faith that children can have in their teacher, that, if well founded, is not of the highest advantage. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education The better to do this unobserved he made a detour into the woods and finally, after ten minutes of rapid work, came out upon the extreme point which guarded the inlet. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga His motions and his hints, as he describes them, in regard to cold or fustian writers, seem to include the extreme points of his own genius. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The system was carried to its extreme point of absurdity by the Rev. Edward Davies, who by the help of such syllables expected to unravel the mysteries of all languages. Notes and Queries, Number 233, April 15, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc The obstruction of my bladder and internal pains have reached the extreme point, but there is marshalled against them the delight of my mind in thinking over our talks together. Five Stages of Greek Religion The Compasses are peculiarly dedicated to this degree, and as a Master Mason you are taught that between their extreme points are contained the most important tenets of Freemasonry—Friendship, Morality and Brotherly Love. Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc. At the extreme point of the lozenge-shaped promontory stands the ruined castle which named the town Scar-burgh, with the sea washing the rocky base of its foundations on three sides. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel If they consider this an aggravation, it cannot be helped: but, except from the extreme point of view of Miss Marianne Dashwood in her earlier stage, it ought rather to be considered a palliative. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges There is no fixed distance from either end for this extreme point of deviation to occur. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. Tendency in Man to carry the practice of Selection to an extreme point. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) She and her children might be turned out of house and home, very probably would be, he said to himself, leaping to the extreme point, as men in his condition are apt to do. Phoebe, Junior The Cornish range forms the backbone of the narrow peninsula which now juts out to the south-westward, marking the extreme point of England, and down which we will gradually journey. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel His length in our forests, from the extreme point of the muzzle to the root of the tail, is generally about three feet; his height two and a half feet. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches These islets, most of them mere rocks, form a sort of sheltered strait, or roadstead, of which the island of Rion, with Cape Morgion on the mainland opposite, are the extreme points. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. It oscillates between two extreme points at which it ceases to exist: viz., perfect unity and absolute inco-ordination. Introduction to the Science of Sociology It may have been simply to carry bluff to the extreme point; but it is difficult not to suspect some motive not yet revealed, and perhaps never to be known. Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles The extreme point of the Land's End is about sixty feet high and pierced by a natural tunnel, but the cliffs on each side rise to a greater elevation. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel It stands at the extreme point of Manhattan, or York island, which is thirteen miles long, and from one to two miles wide; and the houses are built from shore to shore. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe This I conjectured from the view of London; the extreme points of which, formed an angle of only a few degrees. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Our position in the line was the extreme point of the great salient of Ypres that has been held so valiantly for months by the British, French and Belgians. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Any hairs that may be found on the ivory after a tint is washed in must be removed with a needle or the extreme point of a clean brush. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young The railway runs on to Holyhead, built on the extreme point of Holy Island on the western verge of Anglesea, where there is a fine harbor of refuge, lighthouses, and an excellent port. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel It was not an emotional sermon, in the ordinary sense of the word; but it was so for Mr Wentworth, who carried to an extreme point the Anglican dislike for pulpit exaggeration in all forms. The Perpetual Curate This was some relief to the auditory of Benito, who, relying upon his theory, was satisfied that the animal was not yet at the extreme point of suffering from thirst. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora The Cape of Good Hope is not the most extreme point of Southern Africa, the before-mentioned Algulhas extending farther into the Southern Ocean. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas Oh! he was forgetting the star, which hung low beneath a canopy of cloud, the extreme point of the famous feet, nose and well bee-line. The Rough Road Seizing the pick and crowbar, I crept along the rock until I had reached the extreme point. The Birthright The commander directed the Coast Survey party to sound the bar, and to plant buoys at the extreme points of the shoals. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Finally, one went down to the extreme point and stepped off two hundred and fifty paces inland. In Her Own Right Georgie and Berry were perched on the extreme point of the bow, with a young man stretched at their feet. A Little Country Girl The "fort" had been hastily built on the extreme point, as near the creek as was practical. The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders Below this to the extreme point of the Lizard the coast is a series of jagged cliffs and clefts, with tiny coves and black chasms. The Cornwall Coast Their hair and eyes are invariably black, but the face is, in most cases, devoid of hair; when it does grow, it is only at the extreme point of the chin. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery On the extreme point of the stick affix an ordinary walking-stick ferrule of such a size and thickness as not to allow the tube to slip off. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Flukes, or palms, are also the broad triangular plates of iron on each arm of the anchor, inside the bills or extreme points, which having entered the ground, hold the ship. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. At this extreme point our progress was arrested on the 1st of October by an impenetrable barrier of ice. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Here we have reached, in this conscientious explanation of method, the extreme point of remoteness from the original spirit of historic romance. Studies in Literature and History He then returned and coasted northwards to the extreme point of New Zealand, which he called Cape Maria Van Diemen, probably after the wife of that Governor of Batavia who had sent out the expedition. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 Akiba, now at the extreme point of his protracted existence, like Samuel of old, nominated the new David to the chiefship of the people. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Also, two extreme points of land inclosing a bay. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The best time ever made between the two extreme points was when the last message of President Buchanan reached Sacramento in eight and one-half days from Washington. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier It was carried to an extreme point by the present parliament, the "unreported parliament" as it was called. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration The simplification reached its extreme point in the official script of Assyria. Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs Two of them proposed riding down the slope towards the extreme point, which has perpendicular precipices on both sides. A Yacht Voyage Round England And the extreme points, the beginning and the end, I mean faith and love, are not taught. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The church—a strange modern building with some ancient portions used up again—stands on the extreme point of the promontory. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine The natives announced that she was at anchor in a river at the extreme point of the island, but a canoe despatched by Guacanagari returned without having found her. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Across the end of the headland, a few rods from the extreme point, was a natural chasm in the rocks, through which the water flowed at high tide. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World The two extreme points may be half a mile across; but the distance is increased to one who follows the path which winds through the furze and fern along the ridge. Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert Here we may observe the first instance of that general law, according to which Nature still assimilates her extreme points. Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. I went out to the extreme point of the furthest. A Boy's Voyage Round the World It was on the 16th of January that the homeward voyage commenced in good earnest, and Cape Samana, the extreme point of Hispaniola, disappeared below the horizon. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World The old town of Michilimackinac stood at the extreme point of the peninsula of Michigan, nine miles south of the island. Daniel Boone The Pioneer of Kentucky For the Temple stands on a platform of turf at the extreme point of the spur of table-land. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Arab soon carried Fred to the extreme point of his island, where the men were hospitably lodged by some fisher folk. Viking Boys It must be very fine to sit out at that extreme point in summer time, shaded by the rich foliage of the trees, and dream away the hours. A Boy's Voyage Round the World After many disasters and a skirmish with some of the natives, Nearchus reached the extreme point of the land of the Orites, which is marked in modern geography by Cape Morant. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Yes! there was the beacon at the extreme point of Bolderhead Neck—it was just abreast of me as I stood at last upon the sloop’s unsteady deck. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers Again the limb was swayed aloft, and descended with extraordinary violence on the extreme point of the alligator’s snout. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication Having visited La Navidad, where Guacanagari kept out of the way, he continued his course westward, until he reached the port of Saint Nicholas, whence he beheld the extreme point of Cuba. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold This will insure that the pen has contact at its extreme point, and leave that point fine and keen, but not enough so to cut the paper. Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught On the 24th of January at mid-day, they sighted its extreme point, but eastward stretched some more land, which also appeared to be of great elevation. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World She sailed the straits like a huge bird, her white canvas bellying from the deck to the extreme points of her wand-like topmasts. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers Only the end of his black nose was visible in front and the extreme point of his tail in rear. Chasing the Sun It stands on the extreme points of a range of hills, which slope upwards and command the north-east angle of the Balla Hissar. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign There was an extreme point in Massillon's discourse at which mere reason, having done, and done terribly, its utmost, was fain to confess that it could not go a single step farther. Classic French Course in English The growth of the Law of Wills between these extreme points can be traced with remarkable distinctness. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Forming the extreme point of Manila Bay, here was naturally the watchguard for the safety of the capital. The Philippine Islands After passing other cottages, and some boarding-houses, they came to Halibut Point, the extreme point of Cape Ann. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 The view from the angle of the wall at the extreme point, is highly romantic, wrote one who saw the wild scene before civilization had left its traces on the landscape. Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 Pietro Bracci, the artist of the monument of Benedict XIV., by pushing mannerism to the extreme point, caused a wholesome reaction in art. Pagan and Christian Rome Manouvrier, the distinguished anthropologist, who carries feminism to its extreme point in the scientific sphere, yet recognizes the fundamental fact that "a woman's part is to make children." The Task of Social Hygiene The ear is brought out with much effect; the purfling is splendidly executed, the corners being worked up to that extreme point of delicacy which is characteristic of the works of Niccolò Amati. The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators On the first day of each month, some member of the family, at each extreme point of dispersion, takes a folio sheet, and fills a part of a page. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Now the drawing shows two other positions, namely G and H. These represent the extreme points of the travel of the sun north and south, or the positions that the sun occupy on Dec. The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands It was an aggravating nose, too, for the old lady’s spectacles refused to rest on any part of it except the extreme point. Martin Rattler With glistening eye, and heaving breast, and mantling colour, the young doctor stood long and motionless on this extreme point of land—absorbed in admiration of the glorious scene before him. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines My horizon seemed a perfect circle, the terminating line several hundred miles in circumference; this I conjectured from the view of London, the extreme points of which formed an angle only a few degrees. Up in the Clouds Balloon Voyages Having carefully directed the telescope to the extreme point of the “Dook’s” nose, the Professor now ordered one of his assistants to go on the glacier with a stake. Rivers of Ice The ball took effect on the extreme point of its nose, coursed under the skin over its forehead, and went out at the back of its head. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood In accordance with my favourite metaphorical image, the "apex-thought" is the extreme point of the arrow-head of the soul; the point with which it pierces its ways into eternity. The Complex Vision At last Maggot managed to touch the rock with the extreme point of his toe. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines From Point Pleasant the river runs southeast to Tiptonville, in Tennessee, the extreme point of the ensuing operations. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. Presently one of them caught sight of me, and came swimming rapidly towards the extreme point of the bank. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures It was ascertained that it was on the extreme point of a reef, and the first mate hoped that by lightening the ship she might beat over it. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War It sometimes intensifies it to an extreme point of quite painful suspension. The Complex Vision Cupid’s response was the slightest oscillation of the extreme point of his tail. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) At the extreme point of the wedge, where the rivers meet, is a low point of land, subject, in its unprotected state, to frequent overflows by the rising of the waters. The Gulf and Inland Waters The Navy in the Civil War. Volume 3. Her extreme point stretched to the northward of Pittsburg, and was within twenty-five miles of the parallel of latitude that marks the southern boundary of New England. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Thus one age is merely poetical, another merely scientific; although here, of course, we use, for the sake of distinctness, the broadest terms, unmindful of the modifications ranging between these extreme points. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443 Volume 17, New Series, June 26, 1852 The distance, as calculated by the Professor, was two miles or more to the cliffs, and fully a mile from the extreme point of the cliff to the mouth of the river. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island Analysis, decomposition, or disintegration of the organism is here pushed to its extreme point, and the problem of recomposition, synthesis and co-ordination shirked or forgotten. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology In chapter IV I called attention to the right and wrong way of holding the graver while using the extreme point, and also the correct manner of applying the graver in turning conical pivots. A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material Such from an extreme point of view appeared the policy of laisser-faire; and he was neither moderate nor impartial in stating his case. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Mr. Raymond undoubtedly marred the general effect of his address by carrying his argument to an extreme point. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 When abreast of the extreme point George's attention was directed toward an object on the cliff. The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island On April 25, landings were effected on the extreme point of the Gallipoli Peninsula. With the British Army in The Holy Land Some watchmakers introduce the extreme point of the drill into mercury first and then plunge into the wax. A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material DESCRIPTION.—Head and muzzle as in H. suillus; fur above dark brown, with yellowish-brown extremities; beneath similar, but with the extreme points of the hairs ashy. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon This extreme point of the continent was by no means so dreary as the Land of Fire; it bore thorny bushes ten feet p. 275high, wild celery and clover, and cranberry-bushes covered with red berries. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field At the extreme point was the entrance out into the ocean, where immense naval store-houses covered the beach and off them were moored great hulks belonging to the British government. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World "Let her cry, if she will only hold her tongue," said Sir George, making a last effort to speak, but evidently at the extreme point of exhaustion. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers Each laid hold of an extreme point and maintained it. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy But the extreme point was the theory that payment of a few pence would rescue a soul from purgatory. Lectures on Modern history From our position about the middle of the island the two extreme points of Wrangel island bore southwest and west-by-south respectively. The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants There is something very beautiful to me, Helen, speaking of truth, that you and your husband, from absolutely opposite and extreme points, have yet this force of truth in your souls. John Ward, Preacher Being a weekly paper, the printing and mailing do not matter much, provided the plant were not too far from the extreme points of circulation. Catholic Problems in Western Canada Roscoff was the terminus, and appeared like the ends of the earth at the very extreme point of land, jutting into the sea and looking out upon the English Channel. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 A. I was caused to enter the Lodge on the two extreme points of the Compass pressing my right and left breasts, in the name of the Lord. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge Originally no doubt this tributary flowed close by the mound, for the mound would undoubtedly be built on the extreme point. The Mound Builders He seems to suppose that this superstition reached its extreme point in the age in which Christ lived, which he calls "the age of miracles." The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself I inquired, as the fellow hesitated and again viewed me from the extreme points. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth Alice scolded him for crying, and Charles reproached her for scolding him, on the score that her antipathy to Mr. Clinton had driven Philip to this extreme point of insult and ill-temper. A Great Emergency and Other Tales It is to be borne in mind that at the point f is located the extreme point of an escape-wheel tooth. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology The best that could be done was to read the dial midway between the extreme points of the needle's swing. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell "Exchange of ideas takes place only at the extreme point of necessity." Americans and Others These form the extreme points, and the other twelve are placed to connect the lightest rings with the white. The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. As they were approaching with feverish steps that extreme point, Lucan suddenly stopped. Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume On the 9th of August she doubled Cape Schelynshin, or Cape North-East, the extreme point of the continent, which no vessel had hitherto been able to reach. The Waif of the "Cynthia" Only at the extreme point of necessity have they exchanged ideas with any other section, yet they have left their mark all over English history. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance "Have you been waiting?" she cried, as she came on to the extreme point of the breakwater. Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel It was a very large old edifice of white stone, and stood upon the extreme point of a headland running out into the river. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Consenting to this with a laugh, Lady Ongar made her way up to the downs, and walked steadily on toward the extreme point of the island. The Claverings As they advanced to the extreme point at the west of the bay, the travelers perceived a sort of monument that crowned a height, and naturally pressed forward to visit it. The Waif of the "Cynthia" Before us, far away, rose a rocky promontory, the extreme point of which we had to weather in order to make the mouth of Rainy River. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America Perched here on the extreme point of a pinnacle more than four thousand feet above the vast plain of rich fertility embosomed among the snow-clad mountains. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 This memory stands at the end of a diminishing vista; the extreme point of coherent recollection. Lazarre They may be carried to the extreme point. The Framework of Home Rule The effect of all this was that decentralisation reached its extreme point. History of Holland It looks a curious little island, and is situated about thirty-five miles north-east of Madeira, with a high peak in the centre, of which we could only see the extreme point, appearing above the clouds. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months "Request information from the extreme point of my elbow." Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood That was after he had devoured every crumb of his bread, and finished his three fishes to the extreme points of their tails. A Maid of the Silver Sea But this boy's spirit responded to beauty, up to an extreme point which was highly satisfactory. The Princess Passes This would have involved no great risk; for the Russians occupied the inner lines of what was, roughly speaking, a triangle, resting on the Shipka Pass, the River Lom, and Plevna as its extreme points. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) Wolfe, with his chief engineer, Major Mackellar, and an escort of light infantry, advanced to the extreme point of the island. Montcalm and Wolfe The extreme point of the bay bore from N.W. to N.E. by E. and Cape Upright W.N.W. about a cable's length to the eastward of a low island which makes the bay. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Here the downs terminate abruptly, leaving the town standing 700 feet above the sea level on the extreme point, with precipices on three sides. From John O'Groats to Land's End But here was the extreme point at which reaction generally commenced, for Thurston could not contemplate himself in that character—playing such a part, for an instant. The Missing Bride At the extreme point of our journey, our distance from the Hecla was only 172 miles in a S. 8° W. direction. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 On the north and the south the extreme points were distant respectively thirty-three and twenty-miles, and the routes are of the same character as in the other directions. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 The extreme points bore from S. to N.W. and the fall of water bore S.S.W. distant about a mile from the ship's station. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 12 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Roads would then easily be formed across the base of the peninsula, and to its extreme point. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known Now, between these two extreme points of view there are an infinite variety of styles combining them both and leaning more to the one side or the other, as the case may be. The Practice and Science of Drawing This Gaffer's Rock was the extreme point of the opposite arm of the cove—a sharp tooth rising ten feet or more above high-water mark. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales There are gentlemen who make no secret of an extreme point of depression, to which the government is to be sunk. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) He went to the extreme point, where from behind the closed railing he could stand as a look-out into the eastern sea. Story of Chester Lawrence We find the fashion at its most extreme point in the fashionable dress of Spain in the seventeenth century, such as it has been immortalized by Velasquez. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man We have now rays of light coming to the eye from the cone between the extreme points 7 and 8. The Practice and Science of Drawing This island he calls Diab, and the termination on the south, which he makes the extreme point of Africa, Cape Diab. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson Now, there are certain chemical agents, which, by their action on the nerves, have the power to paralyze and relax these minute blood-vessels, at their extreme points. Grappling with the Monster The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink Boyko counted out the steps while his companion drew his sabre and scratched the earth at the extreme points to mark the barrier. The Duel and Other Stories It was an aggravating nose, too for the old lady's spectacles refused to rest on any part of it except the extreme point. Martin Rattler At twenty-two minutes to 10 observed a large dry salt lake bearing 341 degrees, north-west arm 330 degrees, north arm 355 degrees, distance to extreme point of north bank nine miles. McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia Rachael knew that Nevis boats had turned over when minor squalls dashed down the Narrows between the extreme points of the Islands, and that they were most to be dreaded in the hurricane season. The Conqueror By evening of the 20th we were as far as the extreme point of the range of islands on the north side, about 14 leagues from Massua. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time This man was standing on an extreme point, leaning on his peavy, watching the timbers float past. The Rules of the Game He had reached the extreme point of his drunkenness and he was pulling toward sobriety again… He came out of his tentative stupor with the realization that a woman was seating herself opposite him. Broken to the Plow I perceived some smoke arising from the reeds at the distance of a mile, and at the extreme point of a tongue of firmer ground which extended into them. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 To an extreme point he was master of himself. The Conqueror Carrying the weapon away, Kenric stood for many moments upon the extreme point of the jutting headland overlooking the open sea. The Thirsty Sword These two high, columnar capes are the extreme points of the land which captain Furneaux took to be Maria's Island. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 The power of the clergy reached its extreme point in New Haven, where each of the towns was governed by seven ecclesiastical officers known as "pillars of the church." The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty A long line of armed exterior, an unbroken hostile array, frowned upon her from the Gulf of Archangel, round the promontory of Spain and Portugal, to the extreme point of Italy. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style He explored the coast to the east end of Cuba, supposing it the extreme point of Asia, and then descried the mountains of Hayti to the south-east. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters The rigging being the top of the roof, the proverb used to be applied to those who carried their zeal for church matters to the extreme point. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character From reef to reef and from rock to rock, his narrow skiff tossed by the waves, Diego nevertheless succeeded in reaching the extreme point of Hispaniola which is some forty leagues distant from Jamaica. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera The first swept across from the southwest to the northeast, making Platteville and Green Bay its extreme points. Thirty Years in the Itinerancy There was yet enough cover to hide the quarry, though the extreme point of this horseshoe was a sand bar with no shelter except driftwood trees. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories We saw him above, on the extreme point of wall. Tales of lonely trails The camp had been made at the extreme point of the ridge, and stretching away under his eyes, mile after mile, was the vast white desolation that reached to Hudson Bay. The Wolf Hunters A Tale of Adventure in the Wilderness The extreme point of this country reached by him, and which he believed to be a continent, he named Evangelista. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Moved the ship within three miles and a half of the south extreme point of the river, the highest part bearing South 40 degrees West. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea They are to have restricted boundaries, the extreme point of which is nowhere to be nearer than fifteen miles to the Gulf of Mexico. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia I appeared to be at the extreme point of a vast ten-league promontory, rising high over the basin, where the rim was cut into canyons as thick as teeth of a saw. Tales of lonely trails We did not perceive any human habitations until we came to the extreme point, where one or two low, dreary-looking tenements had been raised. Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay When they attain the height of 6 in. pinch off the extreme point of the shoot, which will induce the growth of side-shoots. Gardening for the Million This method he derived from the consideration of the laws of motion uniformly varied, like the motion of the extreme point of the ordinate of any curve whatever. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Another time the peaks of Diego Ramirez, the most extreme point of the cape, loomed up before the prow, and the bark again tacked, fleeing from this cemetery of ships. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel If you connect the extreme points of the mean annual temperatures by a line passing round the earth, you have a zone, but never a true circle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 And this is all that mere sympathy has any power to effect; it has led us to its extreme point,--our flesh creeps, and we turn away with almost bodily sickness. Lectures on Art Symptoms.—The extreme point of the heel is not affected unless the foot has been greatly neglected, and the condition allowed to develop. Diseases of the Horse's Foot It carries the features of the Dalmatian cities to what any one who has not seen Traü will call their extreme point. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 This is the last term of inequality, the extreme point which closes the circle and meets that from which we set out. A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind The distance from the end of the Strait Le Maire to the extreme point of the Cape is calculated to be not more than seventy miles, and yet this trifling passage cost us three days. A Woman's Journey Round the World In the morning we stopped for a few minutes at a house on the northern end of Laylec, which was the extreme point of South American Christendom, and a miserable hovel it was. The Voyage of the Beagle If you reach the extreme point of ascent, or top of steps, without stumbling, it is good; otherwise, you will have obstacles to overcome before the good of the day is found. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition At the extreme point of the Calabria, he touched with his spear a column on the sea-shore of Rhegium, proclaiming that ancient landmark to stand the immovable boundary of his kingdom. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 The distribution mains were to be of sufficiently large size that between their most extreme points the loss would not be more than 3 volts. Edison, His Life and Inventions It is possible to imagine an extreme point at which freedom and equality would meet and be confounded together. Democracy in America — Volume 2 In some respects, it must be conceded that this remarkable man carried his views to an extreme point. Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch The original home of the Cumro was Southern Hindustan, the extreme point of which, Cape Comorin, derived from him its name. Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery All who have blood and breath cannot but mourn and be moved to the extreme point. Court Life in China For at the extreme point nearest them stood up an odd-looking building, unlike anything they could remember or connect with any purpose. The Wisdom of Father Brown Having reached this extreme point of the argument, I now return. Democracy in America — Volume 2 On the 30th of May, it passed in sight of Land's End, between the extreme point of England and the Scilly Isles, which were left to starboard. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea But an indomitable will can conquer all obstacles that are not too much for it, and at last Mr. P. balanced himself on the extreme point of the Peak. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870 It was visible only at the two extreme points of the island, which both, at that distance, appeared to be within a close proximity of the mainland. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 He picked out in the wood close by a very pretty clearing all studded with flowers; he measured out the steps, and marked the two extreme points with sticks, which he cut and pointed. The Torrents of Spring However, on the 9th of September, by superhuman exertions, they arrived at last at Cape Horsburg, the extreme point of North Devon. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras It is situated about eleven miles from the former place, and something like eight from the latter; leaving the extreme points distant from each other about nineteen miles. Ridgeway An Historical Romance of the Fenian Invasion of Canada They were stooping down over the extreme point of the rock which was above our heads. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt It is to no purpose that we endeavour to ascertain the position of Dan, the extreme point of the ancient Hebrew territory. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Then he formed his resolution, stooped, and with the extreme point of his forefinger turned the thimble about. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc He has pushed severe abstinence to the extreme point, possibly beyond the point, where a reader's power is stimulated by the poet's parsimony. Milton At last he was close by it, but the extreme point of the island lay to the right more than twenty yards. Cord and Creese Alpha and Omega, the extreme point of Cuba. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) And these miracles, for a Catholic reader, are but the extreme points fitting in with the whole scheme. Europe and the Faith "Sine auctoritate nulla vita" The town is spread out upon the circular shore of the bay, nearly half a mile in extent, and is defended by a stone fort, situated on the extreme point of the cape. Journal of an African Cruiser Between these extreme points the immigrants appear to have amalgamated with the settled Scyths, and in virtue of racial superiority to have become predominant partners in the combination. The Ancient East His coat was an old blue artillery uniform one, with a small bell hung to the extreme points of the swallow—tailed skirts, and three tarnished epaulets; one on each shoulder, and. Tom Cringle's Log New Zealand, almost the antipodes of England, lies in the South Pacific, and consists of two large islands, the extreme points of which are called North and South Cape. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea On the extreme points of the wing on the left, are fixed statues representing History, Geography, and Astronomy; and on those of the right wing, Painting, Music, and Architecture. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829 He ran southward along the shore—all the way down to the lighthouse and the mist cannon on the island's extreme point. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils We found the skin made a difference of only four inches, the bare skeleton from tip of nose to extreme point of tail measuring eight feet eight inches. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter Salivary digestion is favored and the mechanical subdivision of the food is carried to an extreme point. How to Use Your Mind A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for the Use of Students and Teachers in the Administration of Supervised Study “The extreme points reached by navigators of different countries are the following: “82° 45’ , reached by the English explorer, Parry, in July, 1847, on the twenty-eighth meridian, west, to the north of Spitzberg. Topsy-Turvy We landed at the extreme point, and jumping out on to the mud, I picked my way carefully round the corner and stared up the long desolate stretch of river frontage. A Rogue by Compulsion Just before sunrise they all march up to the playground, which is a heather-heath on the left side of the road, and not very far from the mountain's most extreme point. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils The test of the value of a moose head is the width of its antlers between the extreme points. American Big Game in Its Haunts This hideous picture is a striking instance of the uses to which imaginative power may turn the slightest hint, and of horror augmented till it reach that extreme point at which the ridiculous commences. The Life of Lord Byron If it is carried to the extreme point, it can bring the Government to a standstill. Freedom's Battle Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings and Speeches on the Present Situation The extreme point is fortified towards the sea by a battery, and forms an admirable point of defence; I should suppose, no city could boast. Domestic Manners of the Americans At seven o’clock, the extreme point of Halbrahe Land lay five miles behind us, and in the evening we gradually lost sight of the heights that variated that part of the coast. An Antarctic Mystery Nantucket, as you are probably aware, is a small, secluded island, lying off the extreme point of the coast of Massachusetts. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals Fathers rejoicing to see their posterity of the fourth and fifth generations, will only drop like fruit fully ripe, at the extreme point of age! Thaumaturgia The extreme point was reached when babies of three had thimble and needle drill long before they began needlework. The Child under Eight Paredes kept close on the scent of Allègre, who, finding the gates shut against him wherever he passed, at length took shelter in Gaeta on the extreme point of the Neapolitan territory. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 3 It is to be doubted whether Toby would have put up with the indignity of being forced to balance himself on the extreme point of his body were it not for Cecile. The Children's Pilgrimage The extreme point which he reached was a proclamation warning British armed vessels out of American waters; he preferred a milder sort of warfare. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 A sail of eighteen nautical miles brought them to their anchorage at the extreme point of Cape Anne. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 For the time being, each side seemed inclined to go to the extreme point. The United States of America, Part 1 The method is this: On the first day of each month, some member of the family, at each extreme point of dispersion, takes a folio sheet, and fills a part of a page. American Woman's Home Upon its extreme point stood an ancient castle, which at that height seemed but a crow's nest in size. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths The basin in which the Doraine rested was about midway between the extreme points, and about two miles inland from the northern shore. West Wind Drift Long and often had she wondered at James Bansemer's design in permitting his son to go to the extreme point in relation with Jane. Jane Cable At the extreme point they reached, about fifteen miles down the Flinders, the tide ebbed and flowed regularly, and the water was quite salt. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia To be fair, I have taken the extreme point; but the nearer the grain is to the Gulf, the cheaper the transportation. Four Months in a Sneak-Box The castle stood upon the extreme point of its high promontory, overlooking the sea; it was remote from any other dwelling; the roads leading from it were for miles impassable to foot passengers. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths Up, lazy rascals!" cried Sah-luma imperiously, as with the extreme point of his sandaled foot he touched the dimpled, shiny back of the nearest boy—"Up, and away! Ardath Our extreme point to the westward being lat. Expedition into Central Australia Some eight miles to the North-East appears to be the extreme point of the lake, but of course from a distance it is impossible to say for certain. Spinifex and Sand From this misery are born the fear of falling, and a sort of half-doubt, and this is the extreme point where we can stop without despair. Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages Perched on the extreme point of this abrupt rock, the Church Militant with its aspirant Archangel stands high above the world, and seems to threaten heaven itself. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres It was at the extreme point of a tongue of land which projected beside the brook, and only a little distance from his resting-place. Lost in the Fog It occupied the top of the edifice and its floor must have been fifteen or twenty yards below the extreme point of the Needle. The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin Very quickly the violet shadow covers it, all save the extreme points of its obelisks, which keep still a little of their rose-colour. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) The extreme point of the fang is solid, and is so finely sharpened that beneath a powerful microscope it is perfectly smooth, although the point of the finest needle is rough. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile At the very instant that the wolf came opposite the door of Aunt Janet's tent, Captain reached for the extreme point of the beast's extended tail. The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan With this in view he had walked down the promontory until he had reached the extreme point, and there he found himself within easy hail of the Antelope. Lost in the Fog From the last fortification to the south, beyond the present town of Hospett, to the extreme point of the defences of Anegundi on the north, the distance is about twelve miles. A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India One large tree grew within fifty yards of the extreme point of the promontory, and another of the same kind grew at an equal distance from it, but nearer to the main land. The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon Midway between the two extreme points, about 1830, it amounted to between twenty-five and thirty thousand. Irish Race in the Past and the Present Thus Cape Saint Roque and Cape Verde are separated by scarcely 16 degrees of longitude, although the extreme points of the Gulf of Mexico and the Black Sea are 140 degrees apart. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America As we say, there is a decided character in it, a marked determination to an extreme point. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners In parts of Germany this principle is carried with merino sheep to an extreme point. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 The Great Chagos Bank is situated in the centre of the Chagos Group, and the Pitt and Speaker Banks at its two extreme points. Coral Reefs The Catholic Church was thus early taking up a commanding position at the extreme point whither the main "army" was tending, and soon to arrive with the completion of the great Pacific Railroad. Irish Race in the Past and the Present Even the Tory counsellors of William owned that indulgence had been carried to the extreme point. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 At last her restlessness reached an extreme point. Crime and Punishment His mind oscillated undoubtedly, but the extreme points of the oscillation were not very remote. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 When once you enter on a course of persecution, I defy you to find any reason for making a halt till you have reached the extreme point. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 As for Broglio, I remember always, not without human emotion, the two extreme points of his career as a soldier: Rossbach and the Fall of the Bastille. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 This is their extreme point eastward; Konigsberg now lies a good way west of them. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 The extreme point of the ridge which I had now gained forms one end of a horse-shoe or amphitheatre; the other extremity is formed by a high mountain exactly opposite at about two miles' distance. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon We could plainly see the fine chain of mountains which bound the Cattegat on the right, and whose extreme point, the Kulm, runs into the sea like a long promontory. Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North The middle point is as fixed as the extreme point. What's Wrong with the World Why, because the round is that of which all the extreme points are equidistant from the centre? Parmenides "The sun has touched with gold the top of Sir Walter Scott's monument"—and, indeed, the extreme point of the monument blazed like the light of a pharos. The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern |
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