within possibility
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It was a wild thought, but it was within possibility, so I took it in and clung to it.
From An Enemy to the King by Robert Neilson Stephens
Such evidence could be multiplied; but this is enough to establish the fact that for the whole breadth of the hills to have been covered with wood is well within possibility.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
Mr. Tompkins, for example, whom you cite as having once met your friend and then failed to recognize him, would recognize him in ten seconds after any transformation within possibility.
From The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day by Robert Neilson Stephens
Experiments of this kind seem to bring it within possibility to operate a motor at any point of the earth's surface from a central source, without any connection to the same except through the earth.
From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin
The story of the Trojan horse is more nearly within possibility than we should readily suppose.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
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