Accomplishment

Examples

• My trusty dog watched the sheep as I slipped away to the rendezvous of my comrades, and thence to the accomplishment of our schemes. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It was in those days rather a rare accomplishment, and led to her engagement with the orthodox Miss Pinkerton. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Modern science uses the force of such exploding gases for the accomplishment of work, such as running of automobiles and launches. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Nevertheless, Mrs Plornish, with a pardonable vanity in that accomplishment of hers which made her all but Italian, stepped in as interpreter. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The gunsmith was so impressed by the boy and his accomplishment that, after rifling the barrel, he fitted it with a lock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I was authorized to do as I though best for the accomplishment of the great object in view. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Were he to become a copartner, he would, in engaging in the conjoint activity, have the same interest in its accomplishment which others have. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• When fairly remote results of a definite character are foreseen and enlist persistent effort for their accomplishment, play passes into work. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• System and discipline were both essential to its accomplishment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A specially constructed Diesel engine was probably the chief aid in the accomplishment of the first submarine trans-Atlantic voyage by the German submarine Deutschland. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The truth is, my daughter inherits my superiority to reason--and, in respect to that accomplishment, has got a long way ahead of her own father. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Natural science is recommended on the ground of its practical utility, but is taught as a special accomplishment in removal from application. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• After a moment's consideration, I suggested that perhaps fencing had been his accomplishment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The school is its chief agency for the accomplishment of this end. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Caligula valued himself for being a notable dancer; and to deny that he excelled in that manly accomplishment was high treason. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Rebecca's wit, spirits, and accomplishments troubled her with a rueful disquiet. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Your mamma prefers other accomplishments, I fancy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Defoe could not think that God Almighty had made women so glorious, with souls capable of the same accomplishments with men, and all to be only stewards of our houses, cooks, and slaves. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• But what avail all these accomplishments, in Vanity Fair, to girls who are short, poor, plain, and have a bad complexion? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Rites and music, history and mathematics completed the Six Accomplishments. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Your list of the common extent of accomplishments, said Darcy, has too much truth. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Meg, my dear, I value the womanly skill which keeps home happy more than white hands or fashionable accomplishments. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Some of your accomplishments are not ordinary. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• You will wonder then, as I do, at the extent of his accomplishments, and the brilliancy of his talents. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• That she will faithfully apply herself to the acquisition of those accomplishments, upon the exercise of which she will be ultimately dependent. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr Plornish could not conceal his exultation in her accomplishments as a linguist. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Lighting fires is one of my natural accomplishments. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I, too, a gentleman with manners and accomplishments to strike them dead! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• If I add to the little list of her accomplishments that she rouged a little, I do not mean that there was any harm in it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She flattered me, and lavishly displayed for my pleasure her charms and accomplishments. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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