Incidents

Examples

• In all the incidents of life we ought still to preserve our scepticism. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• She went on directing her conversation to the past, and seeming to recall its incidents, scenes, and personageswith singular vividness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• You will find it rather disconnected, I fear, and there may prove to be little relation between the different incidents of which I speak. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I believe that the strange incidents connected with it will afford a view of nature, which may enlarge your faculties and understanding. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• In the midst of his activities occurred one of the most extraordinary incidents in history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The directness and endurance of the influence of this trained veteran on his gifted son a hundred fine incidents attest. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• So would I also wish to change some incidents of it for others more favourable. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• A few incidents now and then directed me, and I possessed a map of the country; but I often wandered wide from my path. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The episode of Nettie Crane's timely rescue from disease had been one of the most satisfying incidents of her connection with Gerty's charitable work. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Where is the road now, and its merry incidents of life? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The public and shameless sale of beautiful mulatto and quadroon girls has acquired a notoriety, from the incidents following the capture of the Pearl. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• We need not trouble about the incidents of the campaign. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If the salaries of officers, and other incidents, therefore, amount to more than ten per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Two incidents of the little interview were felt by Miss Bella herself, when alone again, to be very curious. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It would not do to permit incidents of this sort to affect one's nerves. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The period, however, was marked by a few incidents which were novel to me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Nothing but these little incidents occurred on the way. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It is the same case when I recollect the several incidents of a journey, or the events of any history. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Seen in the retrospect, the struggle for the goal at this moment was one of the memorable incidents in electrical history. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• She thought of her long past life, and all the dismal incidents of it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• One of these incidents ought really to have occurred; _mais enfin que voulez-vous? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I shall continue my journal concerning the stranger at intervals, should I have any fresh incidents to record. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Some of the most deeply tragic and romantic, some of the most terrible incidents, have also their parallels in reality. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She is to lose as far as possible the incidents of maternity and the characteristics of the female sex. Plato. The Republic.
• For the incidents of the voyage I refer you to my journal, where you will find them all minutely related. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• These are but trivial incidents to recount in the life of our heroine. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The incidents that have marked the life of a great man always excite curiosity and often afford improvement. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But its varied scenes and its manifold incidents will linger pleasantly in our memories for many a year to come. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In cases of such perplexity as this generally some incidents appear that speak more unerringly than do the tongues of the witnesses, and to some of these I purpose to now refer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• You were recalling the incidents of Beecher's career. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

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