1 Chloe had pertinaciously insisted that the very bills in which her wages had been paid should be preserved, to show her husband, in memorial of her capability.
2 Stowe, then of Lane Seminary, Ohio, with regard to emancipated slaves, now resident in Cincinnati; given to show the capability of the race, even without any very particular assistance or encouragement.
3 Dantes, struck with the beauty and capability of the little vessel, applied to its owner to transfer it to him, offering sixty thousand francs, upon condition that he should be allowed to take immediate possession.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 25. The Unknown. 4 It was, indeed, high time that someone capable of giving advice and help should come to the aid of the sturdy old farmer and his adopted daughter.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 5 In past years Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days.
6 I've never met the man yet who was capable of intimacy with a woman, giving himself up to her.
7 Yet Daniele was still a man capable of a man's free allegiance.
8 'Perhaps only people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the universe,' said Connie.
9 Her heart was sore and angry, and she was capable only of angry consolations.
10 The place deserves it, and you will find yourself not satisfied with much less than it is capable of.
11 But it is capable of much more.
12 But a parish has wants and claims which can be known only by a clergyman constantly resident, and which no proxy can be capable of satisfying to the same extent.
13 You cannot suppose me capable of trying to persuade you to marry against your inclinations.
14 I could not preach but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition.
15 That a girl so capable of being made everything good should be left in such hands, distressed her more and more.