Darcy's indifference, and she could do nothing but wonder at such a want of
penetration, or fear that perhaps, instead of his seeing too little, she might have fancied too much.
"But then John Breck will see the sprig of birch and the sprig of pine; and he will say to himsel' (if he is a man of any
penetration at all, which I misdoubt), ALAN WILL BE LYING IN A WOOD WHICH IS BOTH OF PINES AND BIRCHES.
Catherine felt that nothing could have been safer; but ashamed of an ignorance little expected, she dared no longer contest the point, nor refuse to have been as full of arch
penetration and affectionate sympathy as Isabella chose to consider her.
She speedily comprehended all his merits; the persuasion of his regard for Elinor perhaps assisted her
penetration; but she really felt assured of his worth: and even that quietness of manner, which militated against all her established ideas of what a young man's address ought to be, was no longer uninteresting when she knew his heart to be warm and his temper affectionate.
Projects of usurpation cannot be masked under pretenses so likely to escape the
penetration of select bodies of men, as of the people at large.
In Heaven's name, she is so good, so gentle and pure, that your mind, so perfect in its
penetration, ought to appreciate her accordingly.
The subtle
penetration which had long since led her to the discovery of his secret--overpowered, thus far, by the absorbing interest of the moment--now recovered its activity.
'It's a pity, isn't it?' said I; and whether I rightly divined his musings or not, the observation chimed in with his thoughts, for he answered - 'It can't be helped,' with a rueful smile at my
penetration.
Demi, with infantile
penetration, soon discovered that Dodo like to play with `the bear-man' better than she did him, but though hurt, he concealed his anguish, for he hadn't the heart to insult a rival who kept a mine of chocolate drops in his waistcoat pocket, and a watch that could be taken out of its case and freely shaken by ardent admirers.
He said the Commission targeted 30 per cent broadband
penetration by December 2018, but it exceeded its target by hitting 31.98 per cent
penetration in December 2018.
CIS is behind developed countries in
penetration of conventional bank accounts and online bank accounts, but is still broadly in line with global averages, according to the report of Moody's Investors Service international rating agency,Trendreports.
Cone
penetration test (CPT) is a field soil investigation technique, which formerly called Barentsen-apparatus, was developed initially in 1932.