Had Nicholas I. possessed the means of moving large bodies of troops with promptness from one part of his extended domain to another which now exist, England and France would have found their dearly-bought and but partially-achieved victory in the Crimea an impossibility.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
"Very true," said Massingbred, slowly; "but I never pledged myself to credit an impossibility."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
One may lie on that snow for an hour, and though steadied with the patience of Job, the absolute determination of the highest point of the sun's altitude or the local noon is almost a physical impossibility.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook