1 Only God knows and sees all things; wherefore for a mere human being to know what is in the mind of a servant while his master is scolding him is wholly impossible.
2 A man like that is simply impossible.
3 Pardon me, but you are an impossible man to deal with.
4 Whether or not Petrushka was glad to see the barin return it is impossible to say, but at all events he exchanged a wink with Selifan, and his ordinarily morose exterior seemed momentarily to brighten.
5 Why that was so it is impossible to say, but frequently, in cases of the kind, no reason exists.
6 In short, for some time Chichikov made it impossible for smugglers to earn a living.
7 Whether the type is a type originating at birth, or a type resulting from untoward circumstances in later life, it is impossible to say.
8 So Chichikov made the attempt; and in very truth the veal was beyond all praise, and room was found for it, even though one would have supposed the feat impossible.
9 "That any one can have led you away is impossible," retorted the Prince.
10 Your Highness, it is impossible to return a definite answer to those two questions: and the more so because many rascals are at heart men of rectitude.
11 That is pleasant to friends, and always very unpleasant to those who are not friends, especially when it is impossible either to have things out or to separate.
12 He told me himself that he made it impossible for you to act otherwise.
13 Though in certain circumstances these gentlemen bellow their loudest like bulls, though this, let us suppose, does them the greatest credit, yet, as I have said already, confronted with the impossible they subside at once.
14 But I was positively and painfully certain that it was impossible for my countenance ever to express those qualities.
15 Not to pay him was impossible, considering his character.