Cannot

Examples

• But practical sense told them that sex cannot be confined within marriage. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• That is a State secret of the utmost importance, and I fear that I cannot tell you, nor do I see that it is necessary. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I cannot stand scenes, remember! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You cannot seriously wish me to stay idling at home all day? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Thus it appears, that the principle, which opposes our passion, cannot be the same with reason, and is only called so in an improper sense. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• An idea is by its very nature weaker and fainter than an impression; but being in every other respect the same, cannot imply any very great mystery. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• It cannot have been upward of three hundred and seventy or eighty days. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Sooth to say, they cannot go away too fast, for even here my Lady Dedlock has been bored to death. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We cannot pretend to-day that we have arrived at solutions to most of the questions they asked. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If a man of my cunning cannot circumvent this dull-headed— Cautious. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I have not got the ship's journal to refer to, and I cannot now call to mind the latitude and longitude. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• For no one cares for what one cannot half do. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I reckoned our coach to be about a square of Westminster-hall, but not altogether so high: however, I cannot be very exact. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Eugene, I cannot lose sight of that fellow's face. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I cannot but in some sense admit the force of this reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse by the following considerations. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Humble bees alone visit red clover, as other bees cannot reach the nectar. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Why you are so certain you cannot explain to yourself, but you know it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Do not allow a trivial misunderstanding to wither the blossoms of spring, which, once put forth and blighted, cannot be renewed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But you cannot destroy them until they rebel? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Undoubtedly many cases occur in which we cannot explain how the same species could have passed from one point to the other. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I cannot run, said I, turning round, and panting for breath. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I cannot think where she could have been going, said Clym to someone. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Let it deceive them, then, a little longer; it cannot deceive them too much. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I know it is, said Mrs. Shelby, as her tears fell fast; and _I_ cannot heal it, but Jesus can. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• A commanding general cannot base his actions upon either absolute certainty or absolute ignorance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I cannot help it, said Clym, in a troubled tone. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I cannot be patient here. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The drone said unaffectedly, You will excuse me; I really cannot attend to the shop! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Such misrepresentations cannot be allowed by us. Plato. The Republic.

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