| 单词 | sapient |
| 例句 | This maternal image embodies a theological type known as the Throne of Wisdom, in which the Virgin serves as the passive support and the child, the active sapient force. ‘Warriors and Mothers: Epic Mbembe Art’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Well, there are still plenty of ways that some promising sapient species might rise up, looking skyward with high hopes, and yet — even so — fail to achieve its potential. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Some “filter” may winnow the number of sapient races, low enough to explain our apparent isolation. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Perhaps some mistake that all sapient races make. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Research also finds that feline characteristics may have rubbed off on their homo sapient counterparts. Cats know when you're talking about them: A new study sheds light in the feline mind 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z In the game, she says, all of the human characters have different ideas about how sapient AIs are, and how they should be treated. Inside the larps that let human players experience AI life 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The only narration we hear is the voices of the men who fought the war, so the film is blessedly free of the sapient sounds of experts and academic historians. A Few Thoughts on the Authenticity of Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old” 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Aphra says things like: well, eventually humanity’s going to be extinct and there will be a race of sapient beetle people living here instead, so really my problems aren’t all that important. How author Ruthanna Emrys is subverting Lovecraft’s tropes with her own cosmic horror series 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Some of the laws included in the Bill: universal rights for human beings, sentient artificial intelligences, cyborgs, and other advanced sapient life forms. Now this is an “outsider candidate”: Zoltan Istvan, a Transhumanist running for president, wants to make you immortal 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z But there they are all without exception, back at the job, and all as sapient and complacent as they were the time before. A Point of View: Why Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders aren't as revolutionary as they appear - BBC News 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z True, oh most sapient Albert," answered the Chevalier, "and you shall see how courteous I can be. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Whereupon the great critic utters this sapient apothegm, "It is impossible for any man to rid his mind of his profession"—meaning of course Shakspeare's profession of book making! Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-15T02:00:34.113Z That these worthies might have afforded much valuable information, offered many important improvements, and enriched the book with a host of wise opinions, had some sapient "Medium" asked their assistance, is unquestionable. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z "Place not the finger twixt bark and tree," dryly observed the sapient maiden. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Because a sapient dunder-head who was in authority requested me to omit this passage. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Alas! how sad it is that even the most sapient in mundane experience will be guilty of errors sometimes that are patent to the lesser fry. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z This consideration put the sapient guardians of the people into such embarrassment, that they could come to no conclusion whatever. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Andy, sapient of the woods, thought it must flow from a lake impounded behind a beaver-dam in the high mountains, and that the stain was that of rotting wood. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Though it sounds risk laden it is in fact a very sapient approach. GE's $1 Billion Cancer Project: Raising the Bar on Social Business 2011-11-05T14:08:22Z Others would neither accept them nor permit that the others should accept them; and these were the tepid and the sapient of this world, who made mock of them and strove to persuade the contrary. The Story of Florence 2011-10-20T02:00:24.237Z "Noble and chivalrous in intent, just like my boy," nodded the sapient Abbess. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Can the sapient critics to whom I have been alluding take a hint? Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z I had been in Baalbek just before the war when a German arch�ological mission had inaugurated excavation for Phœnician antiquities, and so was sapient in all that an occasion of the kind required. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Oh! most sapient speech of a most sapient lord; truly this was a bold doctrine to broach, that kings have a right divine to subdue, injure, oppress, and govern wrong! 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 We chose the term sapient leadership to describe what we see changing in the leader’s role. Three New Answers to the Question: What is Leadership? 2011-09-28T10:08:36Z He assumes sapient airs, and beneath them is a coward and a fool. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Friendship's thread already slender Needs a sapient defender— As the lion's tail is tender From so many ruthless twists! By Trench and Trail in Song and Story 2011-09-24T02:00:15.120Z Nor bring to see me cease to live Some doctor full of phrase and fame To shake his sapient head and give The ill he cannot cure a name. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z It occurred to no one of the sapient correspondents that such perfumes did, no doubt, recall to the poor imprisoned animals the intense fragrance of the flowers in their own jungles and tropical forests. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z What we try to capture with our idea of sapient leadership is that the leadership skill most needed right now is transformative. Three New Answers to the Question: What is Leadership? 2011-09-28T10:08:36Z Wise as an owl in aspect, his wisdom was much an imposture as that of the sapient bird. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Verb. sap.—you are sapient, I know, like your Sire— And—you'll take this strange "kettle of fish" off the fire! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 2011-06-29T02:00:26.507Z A mighty memory, royal and commanding tower, A garland: and her heart, bruised like a ruddy peach, Is ripe—like her body for Love's sapient power. The Flowers of Evil 2011-05-15T02:00:07.523Z One wonders if this sapient prophet ever had the grace to acknowledge the falsity of his forecast. John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir 2011-04-18T02:00:10.453Z There the story was repeated, and various sapient suggestions were thrown out by Kinvig. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z How am I wrong, most sapient and debonair of Galens?” Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z This boy is very sapient, and a wonderful student. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z Thus, one day: "What was your former occupation?" asked a sapient gentleman, quizzingly. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z In conclusion, this sapient justice fined me forty shillings! Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Dreams are, as a general thing, save in rare instances, sneered at by the wise ones of this sapient age. Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z He was a man for Great Talks, interminable rambling floods of boyish observation, emotional appreciation, and silly, sapient comment. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z These two sapient Highlanders, after considerable discussion, concluded to call at the house to which the cabman had driven, and, if they found nothing suspicious, excuse their visit in any way suggested. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z Their configuration, in brief, suggests the sapient, utilitarian forethought of the land-surveyor and civil engineer. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z He is, I grant you, two years younger than your sapient self; still he is more than three years older than Agnes. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z Ludicrous as it may appear, it is nevertheless true that this sapient Lord High actually issued an order saying that the offending ornament must be shaved off. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu There were boys and girls of all ages in the Roche family, clever and active, and, consequently, what wise and sapient parents call naughty. Fragments of an Autobiography You want a smashing good love scene at the end," urged the sapient Layton, "and plenty of good, plain, honest heart feeling all through it. Ewing\\'s Lady "Who hev' I got in the pen?" was the sapient inquiry of my captor—the fellow whose whip had been so potent over my imagination. International Short Stories American These glittering prizes also attract sapient "men of business" who have been entrusted with investing the funds of widows and children. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. And now, her flag to ev'ry gale unfurl'd, She towers, the empress of the eastern world: Such are the blessings sapient kings bestow, And from thy stream such gifts, O Commerce, flow. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem "With what nation, most sapient sir?" asked the monarch, laughing. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 As soon as I was in the study she burst into a loud laugh, which ended by her declaring that I must be mad—“Or drunk,” quoth the sapient Barnabas, in his usual dry manner. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 Drugs and words and more words pounding on young brains like sledgehammer blows, shaping them into something acceptable in a sapient world. Turning Point The Second had told me that 'the nosey blighter' had been making inquiries about the coal, with sly innuendoes dusted over his sapient remarks. Captain Macedoine's Daughter This seemed to stifle Traugott, and he was glad when he got quit of this sapient nephew, and was alone in his own quarters. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. "No, dearest Miss Albertine," answered Tussmann; "I shall not go until, in compliance with the sapient advice of Thomasius, I endeavour to----" and he made as if he would follow her into the corner. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II Since my sapient sister is so curious, I will confess that once—and only once in my life—I was in dire danger of falling most desperately in love. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part "You said you were an artist," said George Deaves with a sapient air. The Deaves Affair Perhaps it does, to the sapient sceptic for whom the vision of the present masks the vision of the future. The Forerunners No doubt the city has fallen, although the sapient dignitaries of this government deem it a matter of policy to withhold such intelligence from the people and the army. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital In the midst of all this, our sapient statesmen are lulling themselves in wondrous illusions. Woman under socialism Another sapient statesman declared nothing could be done without more money. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart Wrapped so long in his own egoism, he had now no worldly wisdom with which to match this girl’s sapient words. Carmen Ariza But to return: "How could," cries this sapient infidelity, which today has given itself the modest name of "Higher Criticism,"—"how could Solomon say, 'I was king,' when he never ceased to be that?" Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes Bill wagged a sapient head, and moved over to the horses. The Law-Breakers The provisions were immediately placed before him, and the sapient chief, after putting aside a portion for his own use, wisely proceeded to give his judgment. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. Oh, sapient Dr. Maverick, with all your knowledge of brains and nerves, of occult causes and mysterious effects! Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart But, with restricted immigration––” “Which is not restricted, as yet,” replied the Cardinal-Bishop with a sapient smile. Carmen Ariza "Yet thus," says the sapient reviewer, "he admits the fact against which he mainly argues,—namely, the superiority of these time-honored productions." Modern Painters Volume I (of V) Most sapient Macaroni, under your own guidance you would not keep out of gaol a fortnight: Nature did not equip you for a career in crime.” The Tale of Timber Town To this sapient observation the renegade made no reply. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. "It never does to poke your finger into a bird's nest," observed Elsie, with a sapient shake of the head. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series This sapient body reported that his work was not only useless, but noxious; and soon after he was attacked by the populace in the public street. Pioneers of Science "What!" continued the votary of wealth,—"what! cannot gold purchase health, most sapient doctors?" Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches “When the voice of Experience and the voice of Wisdom say, ‘Eschew cards, abjure dice, avoid men with lumps on their necks and revolvers in their pockets,’ sapient Youth says, ‘The old man’s goin’ dotty.’ The Tale of Timber Town Having delivered himself of this sapient opinion, the reverend gentleman made ready for a round of parochial visits. The Transfiguration of Miss Philura After making these remarks, our author reasons himself into the sapient conclusion, that the poison in all rabid animals resides in the saliva, and does not affect any other secretion. Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. Solomon was not more wise nor Minos more sapient.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Sit thou here, most learned justicer," says he, addressing the naked Edgar; "Thou, sapient sir, sit here. Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare Mr. Plowman had smiled upon his finger-nails—a sapient, indulgent smile. Anthony Lyveden But a sapient reader made all the people swim across without using the boat at all! The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems The sapient Jones had had other things to astonish him considerably to-day, what with the flood and the tub and the bath, but this beat all. The Island House A Tale for the Young Folks And imagine some sapient postoffice official solemnly declaring that any discussion of digestion is obscene! Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 She comes—her beauty will enchant my sight, Ye Gods, inspire my mind with sapient might! Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx These sapient leaders, whose military knowledge was antiquated, acted with an indifference to the most obvious considerations, that would have been ludicrous if it had not been a further injury to a suffering people. The Life of Gordon, Volume I "And I," cried Conrad, "have lugged the commander in chief of the cutpurses by the throat, that sapient soothsayer that was playing off his pranks with his match the other day at your forge." The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Then the group of women at the gate separated with many a sapient comment. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time He knew they were the “wilde-honden,” very absurdly named by sapient naturalists Hyena venatica or “hunting hyena,” and by others, with equal absurdity the “hunting dog.” Popular Adventure Tales “Suffer, my sapient friends,” says he, “Their eminence in this degree, And bear their beard’s most graceful length, As they can never have your strength.” The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes Truly laudable and excellent, most sapient masters, seems to me that which our most prudent and politic brother has now advanced, were it not for one single circumstance which unhappily spoils all. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom Two sapient young archaeologists counted the remaining notches of this cable, and, finding they came to thirty-two, decided at once that they represented our Lord's age! From a Cornish Window A New Edition Then the sapient smile on the pot-boy's face ripened into speech. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time It seems they called a caucus wise Of rats of every age and size, And then their dean, With sapient mien, A very Solon of a rat, Said it was best to bell the cat. The Jingle Book I advise you to take some sapient friend into your counsels, and let me know the result, returning the MS. at the same time. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) By and by the whole illusion disappeared; and when the sapient magistrates re-assembled next morning in the council-chamber, they scarcely mentioned to each other what had taken place the night before. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom Some affirm that he wrote to please royalty, but if so why did he not condemn the custom to appease the wrath of a sapient king. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce Just as the peddler had arrived at this sapient conclusion, he heard heavy footsteps ascending and descending the ladder that stood in the passage outside. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time “Don’t you see that that is the precise reason why they are here, most sapient of second officers? if we hadn’t been short-handed the cap’en wouldn’t have shipped them.” Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek Jimmy was great on that point: with the bayonet jabbed upwards into the chin, and the sapient remark, "Ve vos, ma tear." No Man's Land If he was right and the Fuzzies were declared the 9th extrasolar sapient race, there went the Company, charter and all! Talents, Incorporated His remarks at the “Peacock” are truly sapient: “Show me the man that says anything against women, as women, and I boldly declare he is not a man!” Pickwickian Studies He returned to the bar to await the return of Mrs. Drayton, whose unaccustomed absence gave rise to many sapient conjectures in the boy's lachrymose noddle. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time This company are moderns to a man, and, if we may judge of their capacities by their countenances, are indeed a most sapient society. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency Is it not a notable conquest to overcome so sapient a king? to pilfer renown from an idiot? Chivalry And are we to consider, with the sapient ones of the earth, that our vision is never clear until the day when we no longer have the strength to love, believe and admire? The Choice of Life We can recall Nupkins’ dealing with the schoolboys in exactly the same sapient spirit. Pickwickian Studies At about the age of fifteen he is spoken of by his biographer, the great S. Gregory, in words which might form the motto of his life, as "sapienter indoctus." The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 Such conclusive proof as this could not be overlooked by the sapient privateers; and, after a little consultation, they informed Capt. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 This sapient compromise pleases the bridegroom, and he proceeds to a consideration of various problems of finance. A Book of Burlesques Occasionally one or other of the "experts" would suggest a different spot, and usually these sapient individuals would justify their reputation by finding diamonds also in these spots. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa With which the philanthropist moved away less lightsome than he had come, leaving the discomfited misanthrope to the solitude he held so sapient. The Confidence-Man “And, pray thee, what may that be, most sapient philosopher?” The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West “Now, will you kindly explain—no, no, don’t look at your figures— Will you kindly explain how you arrived at this sapient conclusion?” Quicksilver The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel And the skipper gave his head a sapient nod, while the doctor shook his. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise He knew they were the “wilde-honden,” very absurdly named by sapient naturalists “Hyena venatica,” or “hunting hyena,” and by others, with equal absurdity, the “hunting dog.” The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family "Thou art right," said the sapient king; "I did not think there had been so much sense among you." Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Reporters on his words shall hang, from every window shall his sapient visage smile, and even the London Times shall think it worth the while to underrate him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 By the broad mental gifts of Seldonskip Who were the hose, through which thy mind doth squirt Most sapient thought, for mankind's betterment. 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts The Convocation has acknowledged the principle that sapient beings should not be property. A Slave is a Slave This planet was just a scientific curiosity; it was and is still the only planet of a binary system with a native population of sapient beings. Oomphel in the Sky Then shook their ears the sapient peers,—‘That joust will soon be done: My Lord of Brougham, I’ll back Fitzball, and give you two to one!’ The Bon Gaultier Ballads I rather suspect that the adventures of Punch, and his fickle lady, who are always attended by a dancing demon, have afforded the materials for this sapient observation. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. "I hope you have followed this sapient, but rather preternatural advice," said Father Letheby. My New Curate "There shall be no chattel slavery or serfdom anywhere in the Empire; no sapient being of any race whatsoever shall be the property of any being but himself." A Slave is a Slave He had two eyes in front, close enough for stereoscopic vision, but that was a common characteristic of sapient life forms everywhere. Oomphel in the Sky "Therefore why be sapient and solemn about it, like an editorial in a newspaper?" The Tragic Muse “And there is not a breath of wind on the horrid downs,” continued the sapient youth, perfectly unconscious of Frank's mimicry. Louis' School Days A Story for Boys Lord This and Lady That are more thought of as potentially occupying stalls or boxes at a first performance than is the presence of the most sapient judges.” The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 The first attempt to set up such a sovereignty in competition with the Empire will be crushed mercilessly, and no planet inhabited by any sapient race will be permitted to remain outside the Empire. A Slave is a Slave It shows Cardan to have been a loving father and a master of sapient exhortation, while the son's fate gives melancholy testimony of the futility of good counsel unaided by direction and example. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study The Terran Federation is a government of and for—if occasionally not by—all sapient peoples of all races. Four-Day Planet It was inhabited by a sapient humanoid race, and some of them were civilized enough to put it in Class V, and Colonial Office doctrine on Class V planets was rigid. Naudsonce True, most sapient sirs, my very worthy and approved good masters: but that very consideration should have taught you to look back, and reconsider your translation of the capital word ὑψος. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg There had been no native sapient race on this planet, and in the thirteen centuries since it had been colonized the Terro-human population had never completely lost the use of contragravity vehicles. A Slave is a Slave What I meant was that only the sapient mind thinks and knows that it is thinking.” Little Fuzzy In the mean while the sapient critics regarded her with good-natured indifference, and threw her a few crumbs of praise from time to time to appease her hunger. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens With a far inferior sense of reality and far less felicity in dealing with it, their sapient skill in dealing with the abstractions of art is more salient. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture There was a sapient inquirer, recently deceased, who had a short way out of this difficulty. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science The Commonwealth will be very definite about recognizing that sapient beings cannot be property. A Slave is a Slave The sapient being is a symbolizer, and a symbol communicator; he is able to convey to other sapient beings his ideas in symbolic form.” Little Fuzzy Having come to which sapient decision I shoved the whole irritating mess over the edge of my mind and rode on quite happy. The Killer And so I wish you a good morning, most sapient Solomon. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two And then, by a curious misapprehension, the sapient author of that work goes on to observe that these lightning stones are used by the wandering Mongols instead of copper and steel. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Lucy made no reply to this sapient observation. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One We—meaning every member of every sapient race—think consciously, and we know what we are thinking. Little Fuzzy As this sapient precept dropped oracularly from his lips, a word at a time, his figure faded and turned pale. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales Of this sapient maxim, however, I do not give him for the inventor. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) Well! but a lessening of prodigal expenses, and the economy which has been introduced by the virtuous and sapient Assembly, make amends for the losses sustained in the receipt of revenue. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) Age, with sapient nod Marking the spot, still tarries to declare How they once lived, and wherefore they are there. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood If we depict sapient mentation as an iceberg, we might depict nonsapient mentation as the sunlight reflected from its surface. Little Fuzzy In accordance with the angel's command, she at once returned to her lord, as the holy spirit-messenger of God2295 bade her, in sapient speech. Genesis A Translated from the Old English But the sapient inmate sat still and cool in the midst. Israel Potter "And may he that tires first fiddle the witches' jig," said the sapient king. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Miss Martineau also made up her mind to forgive these naughty girls, and to give them the benefit of her most sapient counsel. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls The sapient mind translates sense impressions into ideas, and then forms ideas of ideas, in ascending orders of abstraction, almost without limit. Little Fuzzy It would be as sapient to imprison the entire youth of a country until it had ceased to commit the offense of being young. Your United States Impressions of a first visit Such a positive godsend for the lovers of the marvellous had not appeared in the country side within the memory of that sapient individual—the oldest inhabitant. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood This sapient ruler, who, it is said, "taught divinity like a king, and made laws like a priest," in the first year of his reign made it felony to suckle imps, &c. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 A most sapient conclusion, considering that this veteran misogynist was but sixteen years old. William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist Anything that talks and builds a fire is a sapient being, yes. Little Fuzzy In 1750 he would have been a daring and extraordinarily sapient being who prophesied that within forty years Mozart's G minor Symphony would be written. Wagner Despite the solemnity of the occasion, he seemed tempted to let fall a sapient proverb of anything but a funereal tone. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance True, most sapient counsellor, and I will be on my guard. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 A fuller investigation exposed to the sapient experience of that able man the gullibility of the inspector. The Rules of the Game Automatically void if any race of sapient beings were discovered on Zarathustra. Little Fuzzy Miss Jacky remarked that we are all liable to be surprised; and the still more sapient Grizzy said that, indeed, it was most surprising the effect that surprise had upon some people. Marriage Encouraged by this support of the sapient idea he had hinted at, the shepherd who had spoken before broke in with, "Where else did he get it I say?" The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance "There is no accounting for taste," remarked her sapient sister. The Shadow of the Rope Go, most sapient gentlemen; I carry on a wholesale trade, and do not cut off yards. The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel If those creatures over on Beta Continent are sapient beings, our charter isn’t worth the parchment it’s engrossed on, and that’s an end of it.” Little Fuzzy Washington's letters to his managers are filled with exhortations and sapient advice about all manner of things. George Washington: Farmer There was no doubt of this; and nothing was left for present consolation but sapient resolutions for the future. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 I could not help thinking with Leibnitz, that most sapient of philosophers, that this is the best of all possible worlds. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America I am not describing the soft, sapient, pretty man who lisps, nor the weak-kneed young gentleman with pink cheeks who sings tenor. From a Girl's Point of View Did either he or Holloway actually claim, in so many words, that these things really are sapient beings?” Little Fuzzy The poor girl bore the operation with exemplary patience and fortitude; and having satisfied the sapient doctor, she retired. Travels through the Empire of Morocco This is not a Joe Miller joke, but one of actual and recent occurrence; although there is a similar story fathered on a sapient civic authority. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 334, October 4, 1828 But words are of the same kind which, originating from one word, are altered in various ways; as, "sapiens, sapienter, sapientia." The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Of course no actual property had been obtained, and Smith had had no hand in securing the honorary gratuity, and it is difficult to follow the reasoning of these sapient referees. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II If they’re not sapient, they only miss it by about one atomic diameter.” Little Fuzzy "If he hold the herring he holds the scales, my sapient brother," cried the fat man. The White Company After the great fire some sapient member of the legislature bethought him of Lilly's book, and having mentioned it in the house, it was agreed that the astrologer should be summoned. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 The sapient pot-boy, looking on officially, then had the conviction borne in upon his soul, that the man was evermore outcast and excommunicate from the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters. Our Mutual Friend A man came out in the sapient and good-natured stage of intoxication, and, the door being opened, I was confronted by a rough bar and a smoking, blazing kerosene lamp without a chimney. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains “Of course, she had inherited the cerebroneural equipment for sapient thinking.” Little Fuzzy The sapient Sir Samuel joined in the scheme; and the children thus encouraged gave loose reins to their imaginations, which seem to have been of the liveliest. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 The sapient Thomas Heywood gravely goes on to inform us, that all these things actually came to pass. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 It was no just and sapient counsellor, in its last analysis. Sister Carrie: a Novel This sapient faculty supplied him with further information; only two or three of the items of which, however, it is necessary to reproduce. Confidence This is Rainsford’s great opportunity; he will present himself as the discoverer of a new sapient race and bring the whole learned world to his feet.” Little Fuzzy The sapient foreman very gravely answered, "We find her guilty of that." Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 "Then mixing these constituent parts, Let Nature take her way," With which advice that sapient sir Had nothing more to say. Songs and Other Verse I believe that in substance such was your sapient counsel to me in the cabin of the Alethea; was it not?... The Black Bag His temper inspired me with the sapient reflection that it's a terrible thing to be in love, even if only with an old man's millions. The Fortune Hunter Then they’ll look sapient to these people of yours who went over to Beta this morning, and they’ll treat it purely as a scientific question and never consider the legal aspects. Little Fuzzy An officer made a movement to arrest him, but a hasty message from the sapient North restrained that. The Gray Dawn In these prime settlements thy raptures trace The germ, the genius of a sapient race, Predestined here to methodise and mould New codes of empire to reform the old. The Columbiad My pictures are getting to look like advertisements of an old clo' shop, and if a man doesn't change all his properties every year, the sapient critics say he has become mannered. The Pagans Carlyle and a much inferior man being coupled by some sapient review as "biographers,"—"Those two joined!" he exclaimed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Genocide is defined as the extermination of a race of sapient beings. Little Fuzzy Imagining that the fly wanted to buy meat, this sapient vender said to it, “Do you want to buy meat?” Filipino Popular Tales Nay, change places, let him try your cause, and tell us which is the justice, which is the thief, which is the sapient Sir, and which is the Bedlamite. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded This—this it is—and here I pray Those sapient wits of the Reviews. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes The same school-friend sometimes took me to the Observatory, to see old Professor d'Arrest—a refined and sapient man—and there, for the first time, I saw the stellar heavens through a telescope. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth The sapient being will say, ‘These red objects are apples; as a class, they are edible and flavorsome.’ Little Fuzzy "Right, my sapient friend," said Louis, laughing, "when a woman is in the case, the greatest fool is ever the first in favour." Quentin Durward About two or three weeks after this sapient communication with Aubrey, the most charming person in the world presented himself a candidate pour le supreme bonheur de soigner Monsieur le Comte. Devereux — Complete "Is it enough? or must I, while a thrill "Lives in your sapient bosoms, cheat you still? The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes About two or three weeks after this sapient communication with Aubrey, the most charming person in the world presented himself a candidate /pour le supreme bonheur de soigner Monsieur le Comte/. Devereux — Volume 01 “You know any other sapient races with a one-year maturation period?” he asked. Little Fuzzy I felt sarcastical, so I said: "Oh, sapient servant of the law, condescend to tell us, then, what you know ." A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8. I will represent the sapient public, and, being well disposed to be duped, the whole job is complete. The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons The integrity of her conduct, and Francesco's sapient conduct of the Government were the admiration of all Italy. The Tragedies of the Medici But in his sapient eyes I saw the spirit that had urged him on, The courage that had held him through the fight Had once been mine, I thought, "Can it be gone?" It Can Be Done Poems of Inspiration That is the body of a sapient being. Little Fuzzy And in speaking to him sometimes she would put on a grave and precociously sapient mien, as if to indicate that she had access to sources of wisdom for ever closed to him. Hilda Lessways As you walk the streets of Charleston, rows of greedy vultures, with sapient look, sit on the parapets of the houses, watching for offal. An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States I think I see them at their work—these sapient trouble-tombs. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia And, naturally enough, she only acknowledged Blaise to be a necessary lieutenant, a humble assistant, one whose hand would execute the sapient young master's orders. Fruitfulness “I am now going to arrest Leonard Kellogg for the murder of a sapient being.” Little Fuzzy "It is," said Patty, "and we eagerly await your sapient and authoritative remarks." Patty at Home But, alas! he had tried it, and could shake nothing, except his sad and sapient head. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale The town is not old, only dating back to the reign of the sapient James the First. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland Mrs. Robson went up stairs to the count's chamber with other sentiments to her sapient doctor than those with which she came down. Thaddeus of Warsaw “Your Honor, this entire trial hinges upon the question of whether a member of the species Fuzzy fuzzy holloway zarathustra is or is not a sapient being,” Gus said. Little Fuzzy Matters fell this night precisely as the sapient woman had conjectured. Once Aboard the Lugger "At first, my lord," replied his sapient follower, "as she seemed to be a well-fashioned woman, and to take pleasure in sensible company, I was no way reluctant to admit her to my conversation." The Fortunes of Nigel And with this sapient, but unsatisfactory conclusion, he opened his book, and read aloud, to keep up his courage. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 "You talk like a fool, Sally," cried the sapient waiter. Thaddeus of Warsaw If they can prove in court that the Fuzzies are sapient beings….” Little Fuzzy It was no just and sapient counselor, in its last analysis. Sister Carrie This was undertaken at the sapient instigation of Antoinette, who in her turn, I am sure, neglected the ladle for the scissors, and cast many of her duties upon the silent but sympathetic Stenson. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel "Well, thou sapient counsellor—but, I tell you beforehand, the chances are ten to one I sha'n't follow your plan." The Kellys and the O'Kellys The eminent and revered writer and statesman may not have selected the supposed best authorities for his dates, but the sapient critic indulges in a strange admixture of misconception. Chess History and Reminiscences The sapient mind not only thinks consciously by habit, but it thinks in connected sequence. Little Fuzzy "Not like her, there's nothing TO her," said the sapient Miss Thornton. Saturday's Child To Mr. Netlips, the grocer, he confided a few orders for the household supplies during his absence, which that worthy and sapient personage accepted with due attention. God's Good Man And pray, most sapient self! what is nature? Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing Will Cavendish looked sapient, and replied, "We of the Council Board know many a thing that looks passing strange." Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland When we encounter any being whose mentation includes these characteristics, we may know him for a sapient brother. Little Fuzzy He thundered like another Rhadamanthus, did he, that sapient emperor? Joseph II. and His Court But diplomacy did more in this case, it sapienter descendebat in fossam; it fell on its nose with gymnastic dexterity, as it generally does, upon my word. Peg Woffington It was this sapient pair that received Cowperwood in the old General's absence, first in Mr. Du Bois's room and then in that of Mr. MacDonald. The Titan And in these, 'Ho say to men of wisdom, wit and lore * To sapient, reverend, clever counsellor: Tell me what was't you saw that bird bring forth * When wandering Arab-land and Ajam o'er? The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 Jack hugged the small sapient one on his lap, and Little Fuzzy looked up and murmured, “He-inta?” Little Fuzzy Walls are not so easily battered down as he supposes; but mouse-holes abound everywhere, as this sapient king will find out some of these days. Joseph II. and His Court In fact you made a little romance, in which you acted the part of sapient brother, and the poor little sister broke her heart ever after! Clever Woman of the Family Alfred smiled at this sapient discourse, and said he was not the least mad, and hoped to take care of her as soon as his ankle was well enough. Hard Cash Above, in that Spring wind, the elm-tree boughs were swaying, rustling, creaking ever so gently, carrying on the innumerable talk of trees—their sapient, wordless conversation over the affairs of men. Fraternity Like so many other sapient beings, Little Fuzzy had a beautiful dream; like a fortunate few, he made it real.” Little Fuzzy Such was the sapient discourse of Mrs. Galton, who, half an hour ago, had been supernaturally wise and prudent. Put Yourself in His Place He gave a little gulp, and hurried away, with an abruptness that touched the father and offended the sapient daughter. A Simpleton "I've learned to look for a particular application when you wear that particularly sapient air of mystery." Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) "She canna do that," said another sapient of the same profession. Chronicles of the Canongate “Maybe it’s possible to be sapient and not know it,” Gus said. Little Fuzzy We shall have her domineering over us with sapient nods at every trifle occurring. The Egoist While sapient critics are telling us that the heathen cannot be converted, the heathen are not only being converted but are manifesting a consecration and self-denial which should shame many in Christian lands. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening Still again, there reverberated the policeman's sapient contribution to his agony: "A man these days and nights wants to know what his women folks are up to." Whirligigs This, of course, brought down an avalanche of suppositions, flooded with the sapient arguments of the two officials, who sent back and forth to each other a wearisome flood of nonsense. Bureaucracy Like our own remote ancestors, or like Little Fuzzy; he had his choice of getting sapient or getting exterminated.” Little Fuzzy To those sapient ones who have not already saved the important little work out of Science, the dollar which this volume costs is a dollar well-spent, unless, indeed, philosophy be to him but a reproach. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 The sixfold company in two divides; Another way my sapient Guide conducts me Forth from the quiet to the air that trembles; And to a place I come where nothing shines. Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete The law says that a planet with native sapient inhabitants is a Class-IV planet, and has to have a Class-IV colonial government. Little Fuzzy “Dr. Mallin,” the oldest of the three judges, who sat in the middle, began, “what, in your professional opinion, is the difference between sapient and nonsapient mentation?” Little Fuzzy They have learning and reasoning capacity equal to that of any eight-year-old Terran Human child, and well above that of the adults of some recognizedly sapient races. Little Fuzzy And, I think, an Orphans’ Court form naming Mr. Holloway as guardian of these putatively sapient beings. Little Fuzzy Maybe if the Fuzzies were proven sapient it would invalidate some theory he’s gotten out of a book, and he’d have to do some thinking for himself. Little Fuzzy A sapient being is a being on the mental level of sapience, not a being that has been declared sapient.” Little Fuzzy What is the legal definition of a sapient being?” Little Fuzzy If those Fuzzies are sapient beings, that whole setup down there is illegal. Little Fuzzy No. Because if the Fuzzies are sapient beings, the Company’s charter is automatically void.” Little Fuzzy Brannhard poured another drink and gulped it before the sapient beings around him could get at it. Little Fuzzy Ernest Mallin’s studying all the filmed evidence we have and all the descriptions of Fuzzy behavior, and trying to prove that none of it is the result of sapient mentation. Little Fuzzy Maybe you can be just a little bit sapient.” Little Fuzzy It will, if we don’t get these people recognized as sapient beings.” Little Fuzzy “They wouldn’t recognize us as sapient at all.” Little Fuzzy Maybe, Ruth thought, they might recognize us as one-tenth to as much as one-eighth sapient. Little Fuzzy No, then we’d have to recognize, say, a chimpanzee as being one-one-hundredth sapient, and a flatworm as being sapient to the order of one-billionth. Little Fuzzy I believed that Leonard Kellogg had killed a sapient being. Little Fuzzy |
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