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Perhaps the subtlest part of the poem is the impression left on us that the woman knows all her pleading will be in vain, that she has fathomed the weakness of her husband's character.

From The Poetry Of Robert Browning by Brooke, Stopford A. (Stopford Augustus)

As yet no one has fathomed this mysterious plan; it appears to contemplate defensive rather than offensive operations.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

Beneath that gay exterior lie warm affections--I might almost say strong passions--but they must be awakened, and so far his mother alone has fathomed these depths.

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

She has fathomed the depth of the abyss into which blind passion may hurl even an honest man.

From Monsieur Lecoq by Gaboriau, Émile

The depth of the abyss shows the length of the line that has fathomed it, yet only the length of the line reveals the real depth of the abyss.

From Kept for the Master's Use by Havergal, Frances Ridley