Since that time, scarcely a week has passed during seven whole years, without his hearing from me a repetition of the part I played in that manifestation, together with ample descriptions of all the phenomena in Spaceland, and the arguments for the existence of Solid things
derivable from Analogy.
All that is necessary is that it should be
derivable from the regular appearances by the laws which express the distorting influence of the medium.
"LA MUSIQUE," says Marmontel, in those "Contes Moraux" {*1} which in all our translations, we have insisted upon calling "Moral Tales," as if in mockery of their spirit -- "la musique est le seul des talents qui jouissent de lui-meme; tous les autres veulent des temoins." He here confounds the pleasure
derivable from sweet sounds with the capacity for creating them.
"We have excellent authority," he remarked, "for the statement that a considerable amount of satisfaction is
derivable from the exercise of that sentiment."
Whether his meditations were so intense as to be disturbed by the dog's winking, or whether his feelings were so wrought upon by his reflections that they required all the relief
derivable from kicking an unoffending animal to allay them, is matter for argument and consideration.
Pickwick was fain to prepare for his Christmas visit to Dingley Dell, with the pleasant anticipation that some two or three months afterwards, an action brought against him for damages sustained by reason of a breach of promise of marriage, would be publicly tried in the Court of Common Pleas; the plaintiff having all the advantages
derivable, not only from the force of circumstances, but from the sharp practice of Dodson & Fogg to boot.
To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful and sagacious dog, I need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus
derivable. There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
Being naturally of a serious turn, my attention was directed to the solid advantages
derivable from a residence here, rather than to the effervescent pleasures which are the grand object with too many visitants.
With these reflections, and a very hard knock on the crown of his unfortunate hat at each repetition of the last word, Newman Noggs, whose brain was a little muddled by so much of the contents of the pocket-pistol as had found their way there during his recent concealment, went forth to seek such consolation as might be
derivable from the beef and greens of some cheap eating-house.
If, in his limited sphere, he sought power, it was the power of knowledge; the power
derivable from a perfect comprehension of his business.
'The RUGA project will not only be beneficial to the Fulanis, but also to all citizens of the state as the
derivable benefits are enormous and a way of boosting the economy of the state and its citizens,' he explained.
Because Aquinas's account is
derivable directly from elements in Aristotle's account, Aquinas's account can be understood to be implied by Aristotle's account.