"And when the dispossessed ` minority'is in fact an overwhelming majority, as happens in countries where power is concentrated in the hands of the few, the threat to peace and stability is ever present even if unperceived, " she said.
22.
Has ! to express their surprise at finding a sudden and unperceived check to their walk . " Thomas Jefferson, describing the garden at Stowe after his visit in April 1786, also uses the term with exclamation marks : " The inclosure is entirely by ha ! ha !"
23.
Taking advantage of the unusually great height of the corn, the French line of skirmishers, strengthened by whole battalions so as to give then a decided superiority over that of the Prussians, approached so cautiously and silently as to continue unperceived until they suddenly possessed themselves of the outermost hedges and gardens.
24.
As Forsyth, a longtime friend, described Adams, " the great love of his soul was the out-of-doors and the open road . " According to one art critic s summary of Adams s work, " His interest was less in obvious beauty than in the beauty that often goes unperceived ."
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The perception of the malum is infinitely easier to us than the perception of the bonum : it is more direct, more compelling, less given to differences of opinion or taste . . . . An evil forces its perception on us by its mere presence, whereas the beneficial can be present unobtrusively and remain unperceived, unless we reflect on it.
26.
In them she was always searching for something, " the previously unperceived . " Cooke commented that she had different motivations, sometimes wanting to be alone, or to be acknowledge, or to show off . " Blast Bodicea " was made at the urging of her husband, John Bratby, who had given her a heavy brass fireman's helmet to be included in the work.
27.
The most conspicuous instance of his serviceableness was at the passage of the Douro on 12 May 1809 . The French had broken the bridge and removed the boats, and they had ten thousand men on the opposite bank . " Colonel Waters, a quick, daring man, discovered a poor barber who had come over the river with a small skiff the previous night; and these two being joined by the prior of Amarante, who gallantly offered his services, crossed the water unperceived, and returned in half an hour with three large barges ".
